Dry fruits and chocolate chip cake

Ingredients :

250 gm self raising flour

250 gm caster sugar

250 gm butter

50 gm cocoa 

1/2 cup mixed dry fruits (raisins, apricots, cherry, pineapple)

1/2 cup chocolate chips

 4 eggs

Method :

1. Melt the butter and add the eggs to it. Beat the mixture together to get a fine consistency.

2. Add sugar to the mixture and beat again.

3. Slowly add the flour and cocoa to the mixture and beat it to maintain the consistency. Ensure that no lumps are formed.

4. To this add the dry fruits and choco chips.

5. Pre-heat the oven to 200 degrees C. 

6. Grease the cake pan with butter on the bottom and the sides. And pour the cake batter in the pan.

7. Bake the cake for 20 minutes. 

8. Remove and check if the cake is done. You can put a knife through the cake and check if the knife comes out clean. If it does, then the cake is almost done. If the knife is a little sticky, bake the cake for some more time.

Decoration:

You can use an icing roll on the cake for decoration.

For home made icing - Melt a chocolate bar and using a knife spread smoothly on the cake surface and sides. 

Decorate the cake with choco chips, cherries, pineapples or sugar strands.

Tips:

If you do not have cocoa, i use drinking chocolate as a substitute.

You can cut the chocolate bar into pieces to make the choco chips.

Chocolate Cake

Ingredients
1 cup flour (maida)
2 eggs
2 tbsp cocoa powder
3/4 cup butter
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 cup milk

Method
1. Preheat oven at 180 degrees in convection mode
2. Grease cake tin with a little butter
3. Mix flour,cocoa, baking powder together
4. Beat butter, sugar and egg till it becomes fluffy. Whip them properly.
5. Slowly mix the above two together. Add a little milk to smooth the batter. Add cherries, tutifruity, etc in the batter - if you want
6. Pour the cake batter into the greased cake dishand bake the cake for 35-40 mins at 180 degrees on convection mode only.