Tuesday, 16 March 2010

Quick n Easy Chocolate-Hazelnut cake

Hi everyone!

Was beginning to get a bit tired of my current efforts at job-searching, so I decided to bake something with the ingredients I have at home. The final product surprised me greatly...and how!

So, here goes:
Ingredients:
2 cups flour (I didn't use self-raising, ordinary flour will do)
1 cup sugar
1 cup chocolate powder (again, drinking chocolate will do, no need for 70% luxury chocolate, this IS a recession, remember?)
Chopped/crushed hazelnuts (buy them from any self-respecting supermarket, no trek to a health store)
2 spoons baking powder
0.5 cup yogurt (low fat, natural)
1-2 cups milk
Low-fat spread (5-6 spoons at least, I'd advice against butter)

Method:
1. Pre-heat the oven to 180 Degrees Centigrade. Line an oven-proof dish with aluminium foil, then butter this foil. Keep aside.
2. In a large bowl, mix together flour, chocolate powder, baking powder and sugar.
3. Heat (not boil) the low-fat spread in a pan.
4. Add the chopped hazelnuts to the mix. Then, slowly add the melted spread/butter and mix well.
5. Add the yogurt, then 1 cup of milk. Depending on the consistency, you might want to add another cup of milk.
6. Beat well with a spoon:-) Told you, no patience with a whisk! Besides, this works wonders on the arms as far as exercising goes.
7. Pour the entire batter into the lined dish, and pop into the oven.
8. After about 20 minutes, do check on the cake...This quick cake takes roughly about 25-28 minutes.

Apologies for the lack of photos to accompany this post. Will arrange for them eventually!

Bye for now,
G

1 comment:

  1. The amount of spread is roughly between 5-6 spoons...you can increase the quantity, if needed.

    Gina

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