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Bakra eid special
chocolate glaze cake (eid special icing)

INGREDIENTS 

8 ounces good-quality chocolate

 ¾ cup butter melted 

1¼ cups granulated sugar

 2 eggs 

2 teaspoons vanilla essence

 ¾ cup all-purpose flour 

¼ cup cocoa powder 

1 teaspoon salt 

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°F/180°C. Chop the chocolate into chunks. Melt half, then save the other half for later use. Mix the butter and the sugar, then beat in the eggs and vanilla for 1-2 minutes until the mixture has become fluffy and light in color. Whisk in the reserved melted chocolate (make sure the chocolate is not too hot or else the eggs will cook), then sift in the flour, cocoa powder, and salt. Fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, being careful not to overmix as this will cause the cake to be hard instead of being soft .transfer the batter into a parchment paper-lined round baking dish. Bake for 20-25 minutes, depending on how fudgy you like your cake.In half glass ohf hot milk add tbsp of melted chocolate (runny and watery  texture required).slice the cake from the middle depth and set aside the upper peice .pour chocolate milk over the cake ,make sure cake soaks it well (its to enhance moisture).spread nutella on the bottom peice of the cake and keep another peice pf cake over it . refrigerate for 1 hour until cake completely cools down .cover the cake with buttercream (recipe below) properly and again refrigerate .pour the chocolate glaze over the cake.clean the edges of a cake  .transfer the cake on a clean dish and refrigrate to make it ready for the icing.

For icing:

1 cup whip cream

2 tsp icing sugar

flavour less gelatin colour (of your choice)

method:

beat the cream with icing sugar until thick.add the color of your choice and mix .put the cream in the piping bag and pipe it over the cake as per your wish

Chocolate glaze:

                                                              

125ml water 

225g granulated sugar 

150g chocolate 

30g sifted cocoa powder 

65g heavy cream 35% 

10g gelatin powder + 1/4 cup cold water

method:

.In a pot add water and sugar and cook on medium heat and bring it to boil.Remove from the heat.add chocolate ,coco powder,cream and mix well until all the ingredients dissolve.After the sauce cool down a little add gelatin.blend the sauce and stain .sauce is now ready to use.

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