My version of a break up cake.

So, break ups are difficult. And the best thing to do is to distract yourself and eat lots of chocolate and it does wonders. Believe me. I ate half the batter of the cake myself. And I feel so much better now. Chocolate induces happy hormones!

This cake has two components.
The cake + the frosting.
Now, to be honest with you, this is the first time I've tried a cooked frosting and in my opinion, it doesn't go too well with this cake. Although, it tastes great, I think it's more of a cookie icing than a cake icing. I think a simple buttercream icing would go better with this cake. I just wanted to experiment a little today, and I wanted to bake something new, and I wasn't disappointed with the results.

The cake - [ recipe makes two 9 inch cakes]

the cake is ABSOLUTELY delicious. My first time baking it and I was very impressed! It's yummy and moist and chocolaty. Yum.

2 eggs
1 3/4 cup maida
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup cocoa
1 cup buttermilk [ one cup milk + 1 tbsp vinegar, left for 5 mins]
1/2 cup melted butter
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt
1 cup coffee [ 1 tbsp instant coffee powder in one cup boiling water]
1 tsp vanilla

mix the dry ingredients in one bowl. and then, add the buttermilk, eggs, butter, vanilla and beat until smooth.
add the coffee. the batter is supposed to be very runny.
grease and flour a cake tin, and pour half the batter.
shove in to the oven at 170, till the knife you insert comes out with a few crumbs stuck to it.
repeat.


frosting- [ enough to ice the entire cake]
the original recipe calls for cream of tartar, and i have no idea what that is, so i looked it up and found that vinegar is a substitute for it.

1 cup sugar
1/3 cup water
1/2 tsp vinegar
2 egg whites
1 tsp vanilla

put sugar, water, and vinegar in a pan, and bring to a boil, stirring continuously till the sugar dissolves.
mix this sugar syrup with 2 unbeaten egg whites and beat for about 7-10 mins till the frosting thickens and begins to form soft peaks.
add in vanilla.

voila.

put one cake. ice the top. and then out the second cake on top of the icing. and then ice the top of the second cake and the sides.
add whatever you want to decorate. i ran out of sprinkles, so i used gems.

very important : always wait for the cakes to cool completely before icing.