Ingredients:
- Maida (All-purpose flour) 2 & ½ Cups
- Cocoa powder 2 tbs
- Namak (Salt) ½ tsp
- Doodh (Milk) 1 Cup
- Sirka (Vinegar) 1 tbs
- Makhan (Butter) unsalted ½ Cup (room temperature)
- Cheeni (Sugar) powdered 1 & ½ Cups
- Anday (Eggs) 2
- Vanilla essence 1 tsp
- Red food color (gel) 1 & ½ tsp or Liquid color 3-4 tbs
- Baking soda 1 tsp
- Sirka (Vinegar) 1 tsp
Cream Cheese Frosting:
- Makhan (Butter) unsalted 200 gms (room temperature)
- Icing sugar 1 & ½ Cups
- Vanilla essence 1 tsp
- Cream cheese ¾ Cup
Directions:
In bowl,place strainer,add all-purpose flour,cocoa powder,salt and sift together,mix well & set aside.
In jug,add milk,vinegar,mix well and let it rest for few minutes.Butter milk is ready & set aside.
In bowl,add butter and beat until fluffy.
Gradually add sugar and beat until well combined.
Add eggs,one by one and beat well after each edition.
Add vanilla essence and beat again.
In butter milk,add red food color and mix well.
During mixing,add dry flour mixture gradually to the batter,alternating with the buttermilk then dry flour mixture then again butter milk and mixing just until incorporated and a smooth batter is formed.
Grease 8” inch baking pan with cooking oil and place butter paper.
In baking soda,add vinegar and mix well and add immediately in cake mixture and mix with the help of the spatula.
Now pour cake batter into prepared pan.
Bake in preheated oven at 180 C for 35-40 minutes or until the cake pulls away from the side of the pans and a toothpick inserted in the center of the cakes comes out clean.
Remove the cake from the oven and run a knife around the edges to loosen them from the sides of the pan.
Transfer the cake to the wire rack and let it cool.
Cream cheese Frosting:
In bowl,add butter and beat until fluffy.
Gradually add icing sugar and beat until well combined.
Add vanilla essence and beat again.
Add cream cheese and beat until smooth and refrigerate until use.
Assembling:
With the help of the cake knife,horizontally cut two layers of cake.
On cake tray,place cake layer and apply frosting.
Place another cake layer and cover the sides of the cake with cream cheese frosting.
Decorate & serve.
Ajza:
- Maida (All-purpose flour) 2 & ½ Cups
- Cocoa powder 2 tbs
- Namak (Salt) ½ tsp
- Doodh (Milk) 1 Cup
- Sirka (Vinegar) 1 tbs
- Makhan (Butter) unsalted ½ Cup (room temperature)
- Cheeni (Sugar) powdered 1 & ½ Cups
- Anday (Eggs) 2
- Vanilla essence 1 tsp
- Red food color (gel) 1 & ½ tsp or Liquid color 3-4 tbs
- Baking soda 1 tsp
- Sirka (Vinegar) 1 tsp
Cream Cheese Frosting:
- Makhan (Butter) unsalted 200 gms (room temperature)
- Icing sugar 1 & ½ Cups
- Vanilla essence 1 tsp
- Cream cheese ¾ Cup
Directions:
Bowl mein strainer rakh ker maida,cocoa powder aur namak dal ker ek saath sift ker lein aur ache tarhan mix ker ka side per rakh dein.
Jug mein doodh aur sirka dal ker ache tarhan mix ker lein aur few minutes kliya chor dein.Butter milk tayyar hai & side per rakh dein.
Bowl mein makhan dal dein aur fluffy hunay tak beat ker lein.
Thora thora ker ka cheeni shamil karein aur beat kertay jayein.
Ek,ek ker ka anday dal dein aur ache tarhan beat ker lein.
Vanilla essence dal ker dubara beat ker lein.
Butter milk mein red food color dal ker ache tarhan mix karein.
Mixing ka doran thora thora ker ka dry flour mixture aur butter milk alternatively daltay jayein aur smooth batter hunay tak beat kertay rahein.
8” inch baking pan ko cooking oil sa grease karein aur butter paper laga lein.
Baking soda mein sirka dal ker ache tarhan mix karein aur tayyar cake ka mixture mein foran dal ker spatula ki madad sa ache tarhan mix ker lein.
Ab cake ka batter ko tayyar baking pan mein dal dein.
Preheated oven mein 200 C per 35-40 minutes kliya bake ker lein.
Cake ko oven mein sa bahir nikal lein aur knife ki madad sa edges ko lose ker lein.
Cake ko wire rack per rakh ker thanda ker lein.
Cream cheese Frosting:
Bowl mein makhan dal dein aur fluffy hunay tak beat ker lein.
Thora thora ker ka icing sugar shamil kertay jayein aur beat ker lein.
Vanilla essence dal ker dubara beat ker lein.
Cream cheese dal dein aur smooth hunay tak beat karein aur istamal kernay tak refrigerate ker lein.
Assembling:
Cake knife ki madad sa cake ko do horizontally layers mein cut ker lein.
Cake tray per cake ki layer rakh dein aur frosting laga lein.
Cake ki dosri layer rakh dein aur cakes ki sides ko frosting sa cover ker lein.
Decorate ker ka serve karein.