Ingredients

• ¼ kg butter

• ¼ kg sugar

• ¼ kg cake flour

• 3 eggs

• 25 grams cocoa

• 1 teaspoon soda bicarbonate powder

• ½ teaspoon salt

• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence

• ½ cup dahi (yoghurt)

 

Chocolate Icing

• ¼ cup butter

• 2 tablespoons cocoa

• 2 tablespoons water

• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence

• 200 gms icing sugar approx.

 

Method

Beat together the butter and sugar till creamy

Add eggs one at a time, beating well each time.

 Fold in the sifted ingredients, alternately with the curd.

 Add the vanilla essence.

Stir.

Bake in a greased pan for about ½ an hour.

Chocolate Icing

Mix together the butter,water,cocoa and vanilla essence.

Heat on a low fire till it becomes greasy.

Take it off the fire.

Add the sifted icing sugar till it becomes smooth and thick and coats the back of the spoon.

Use this to ice the cake.