Pin Wheel Cookies

• 1/2 cup butter soft at room temperature
• Beat butter until cream on a medium speed.

• 1/2 cup white granulated sugar
• Add sugar little by little and continue beating.

• 1 egg yolk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• A pinch of salt
• 1/2 tbsp baking powder
•  Add egg yolk, vanilla essence, baking powder and pinch of salt.
• Mix well.

• 1 tbsp milk
• Add milk and mix well.

• 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
• Sift the flour into the mixture.
• Mix it until it forms a dough.

• 1 tbsp butter
• In a small bowl place butter and milk and microwave it for 20 minutes.

• 3 tbsp cocoa powder
•  Add the cocoa powder and mix well.
• Add the cocoa mixture and mix it with 1/2 of vanilla mixture.
• Mix with stand mixture until you end up having a small chocolate dough.

• Now we have two types of dough.

• Place 2 sheets of baking paper.

• Place the vanilla dough on one sheet and the chocolate on the other.

• Roll the dough separately into a square, not very thin.

• Place the chocolate square on top of the vanilla square.

• Remove the wax paper on top(that we used to roll the chocolate dough).

• Using a rolling pin, roll the dough to flatten it a bit.

• Gently roll the dough, starting of the edge closet to you, as if you were rolling a carpet.

• Cover the dough tube with baking paper and place it in the fridge for 30 minutes or in the freezer for 15 minutes  before we cut into cookies.

1. Preheat the oven @ 175C for 10 minutes
2. Take the dough ,using a knife cut into 1/4 inch slices of cookies.
3. Bake for 15- 20 minutes, until a golden brown color.

Enjoy Baking

S

Chocolate cake with chocolate sauce

 This has been my favorite cake recently. Its super moist and light texture. Served with a hot chocolate sauce will definitely give a competition to Matilda Cake !!!

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Ingredients:

For the Cake:

• 1 3/4 cup  flour
• 3/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp  baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil or coconut oil
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla essence
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup hot coffee

For the Sauce:

• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1 cup whipping cream

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Method:

1. Whisk the flour, cocoa powder , baking powder, baking soda and salt together in a large bowl
2. Mix the oil, eggs, vanilla essence  using a hand held mixer.
3. Add the buttermilk and mix well.
4. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients.
5. Add the hot coffee into and mix on a low speed.
6. Until the batter is thin.
7. Preheat the oven to 175C.
8. Divide the batter into two pans. 
9. Bake for 30 minutes until a tooth pick comes out clean.
10. Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool

Make the Sauce:

1. Place the chocolate chips on a bowl.
2. Heat cream on a stovetop until just simmering.
3. Pour the cream over the chocolate chips
4. Let it sit for few minutes.
5. Stir well until smooth.

Assemble the Cake:

• Place one layer of cake over a cake stand.
• And then spread one tbsp of the sauce over it .
• Top with the second layer of cake over and repeat  with one tbsp of sauce over it.
• Keep the remaining sauce in the refrigerator. 

At the time of Serving:

• Warm the remaining sauce  just before serving  and pour over each slice at that time depending one needs.

Enjoy baking

S