Chocolate Buttermilk Pound cake

Ingredients:

• 1 cup plain flour
• 1/4 cup wheat flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 heaped cup cocoa powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature 
• 1cup sugar
• 2 eggs 
• 100 ml buttermilk
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract

To make butter milk substitute at home

• Take 100 ml milk at room temp , add 1 tsp white vinegar. Let it stand for 5-10 minutes. When it curdles its ready.

Method:

•  Sift the flour with the coca, baking powder , baking soda and salt. Reserve.
• Cream the butter and sugar. 
• Beat in eggs one at a time.
• Followed by the vanilla extract.
• With beater on low add the flour and buttermilk alternately.
• In case you need to add nuts add them at this point.
• Preheat the oven @175C for 10 minutes.
• Bake for 30-40 minutes till golden brown on top or until a tooth pick comes out clean.

Ganche :

• 3 tbsp low fat cream
• 100 gms dark chocolate
• Gently simmer the two over low heat, stirring constantly until the chocolate melts. Take off heat. 

Enjoy Baking

S

Recipe Source: Passionate about Baking

Red velvet cupcake

Ingredients:

• 3 1/2 cups flour -Remove 7 tbsp of flour with cornflour
• 3/4  cup  or 160 gms butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 3 tbsp cocoa
• 3 tbsp red food colour+ 3 tbsp water
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 1 1/2 cup butter milk

Method:

1. Sift the flour  mix with baking soda at lest 3 times and keep aside.
2. In a large bowl beat butte and sugar until very light and fluffy.
3. Add  one egg at a time, beating well after adding each one.
4. In a bowl and cocoa , food colour, water and vanilla essence, whisk them well.
5. Carefully add to the batter and continue beating on low speed.
6. Mix buttermilk with salt.
7. Add flour mix and buttermilk, beat until all the ingredients are mixed.
8. Preheat the oven @175 for 10 minutes.
9. Scoop the mixture into cupcake liners and bake until the toothpick comes out clean.

Adapted from Magnolia's Bakery recipe but did little of changes.

S