*~Riceballz~*

My mum started pimping this recipe as soon as I settled down from my drive home, singing praises about this chocolate that can beat the confectioners’ version hand down, so I was hooked. You see, mum has always been discouraging whenever I bring up the idea of baking a chocolate cake, so this had to be good.

And it had better be! This morning I went grocery shopping for this cake, and for goodness sake, the flour was RM1.80 more expensive than the last I bought, and butter was a whopping RM5.00! Don’t get me started with the cocoa, I think buying a cake from the bakery and proclaim it as my creation would be hell lot cheaper.

So, if this cake is a failure I am going to be so sad, because it bled my wallet so badly.

Ingredients:

250g butter (salted), softened
175g confectioner’s sugar
3/4 teaspoon ovalet (cake stabilizer)

4 medium size eggs
4 tablespoon evaporated milk
2 1/2 tablespoon Sunquick orange
1 teaspoon vanilla essence

50g Van Houten pure soluble cocoa
175g all purpose flour

Method:

Preheat the oven to 200 degrees C. Line or grease a baking pan. I used a 9″ square pan.

In a large bowl, mix together the butter, sugar, and ovalet until light and fluffy. Use a hand mixer to make life easier. In the meantime, weigh and combine the pure soluble cocoa and flour. Sieve them together for three times.

When the mixture of butter, sugar and ovalet becomes light and fluffy, fold in the eggs. Add the Sunquick orange into the evaporated milk and mix well. This is to avoid uneven mixing of the orange syrup. Add everything into the the bowl and mix until they are even.

Slowly add in the mixture of flour and cocoa, and make sure they are mixed thoroughly. Pour into greased pan and bake for 40 minutes, or until the cake is set, that is, the middle of the cake is not runny anymore. Take care not to burn the cake, okay?

Cool the cake at the window sill.

The aftermath:

I dusted some cocoa onto the piece of cake. Is it noticeable?

Heck, why stop at cocoa? I could even dust on confectioner’s sugar!

While at it, why not drizzle some Sunquick orange too?

And chocolate syrup! I know. I think I overdid it.

How was the cake?

Soft and richly flavoured chocolate cake with a hint of orange! The orangey-ness makes the cake less “jelak” at the last few bites, and while I think I overbaked it for a wee bit, luckily it wasn’t too dry. I like! And its easy, because the ovalet is going to make the cake failsafe, so as long as it is thoroughly cooked!

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