Steemfoods contest-16-|special cake recipe for 5th anniversary of steemit|by@meniya.

Hello lovely steemians,
I'm very glad to be a part of this great contest. Special thanks to the organizers of this wonderful contest.
As its a special contest for celebrating 5th anniversary of steemit platform, I'll be making my favourite chocolate cake, although I'm still learning how to bake but for the love of steemit I'll go any length.

Photo of me after baking the cake

Ingredients for Baking cake

1. 800g flour
2. 300g butter
3. sugar -300g
4. 5 medium size eggs
5. 1 tsp Foster clarks( vanilla extract)
6. 1 1/2teaspoon Baking soda
7. 50g Dry mixed fruit
8. 1 cup of milk
9. 2 tspoon Baking powder
10. 2 cup cocoa powder
11. 1 cup of boiling water

Ingredients used

Procedure for baking chocolate cake

First, Sieve the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. Whisk through to mix all dry ingredients together properly using a wooden spatula, stir through flour mixture until combined well.

Seiving the dry ingredient

Mixing the ingredients

In another bowl add all liquid ingredients; melted butter, eggs, and vanilla extract, then mix all properly using a hand mixer untill they have completely blend together.

Mixing the liquid ingredients together

Now you add the liquid ingredients to the flour mixture in two folds and mix together clockwise on medium speed until well combined. Ensure you maintain the clockwise direction of mixing

Reduce speed and carefully add dry fruits, then 1 cup of boiling water to the cake batter until it is well combined.

Properly mixed cake batter

Now grease the cake pan with butter and pour in the mixed cake into the pan and add more dry fruits on top.

Put the pans into an already pre-heated oven and bake for 45mins -1hour.

When the cake is removed from the oven, you allow to cool and transfer cake onto a cake board and put in the freezer and start making buttercream icing

Ingredients for icing of cake

1. Butter-250g
2. Icing sugar-500g
3. Vanilla extract 1/2tsp
4. Lemon food colour

The first step whip the butter, on its own properly

Then seive the icing sugar to remove the clumps, so you get a smooth icing sugar

before adding it slowly to the buttercream. Add 1/2tsp of vanilla extract and Mix all together for at least 5mins.

Add 3drops of lemon food colour into the buttercream and mix evenly, then put in a piping bag and start decorating the cake.

Hurray!!! Happy 5th anniversary @steemit.
With love from @meniya.

Special regards to;
@steemcurator01
@steemcurator02
@booming