Devil Food Chocolate Cake

I'm not a chocolate person, so, chocolate cake tu memang aku tak suka. If I eat chocolate, it'll be expensive ones, imported ones. Kalau takat cadbury dan yg sewaktu dengannya yang made in Msia, memang kim salam, aku tak makan. Why so picky? I dunno.. hehe.. terukkan? Well, in a way, it's good sebab aku boleh maintain kurus masa before kawin. Sekarang? hmmph! tak makan chocolate pun still bulat.

Iman and Iffah pun very picky about their chocolates. Imported chocolate, dia orang makan. The ones yang made in Msia, takmau makan. I remembered Cadbury tasted different masa kat Tassie dulu. Kat sini rasa keras and too sweet. My favourite is Cadbury Flakes. Pesal kat sini takde jual? That used to be my lunch masa belajar with a bottle of orange juice.

Anyway, I found the almost perfect chocolate cake in DFCC recipe by Shelly Kaldunski. Tapikan, walaupun aku bake this DFCC many times dah, aku cuma makan 1 slice or 1/2 slice je everytime aku bake. Iman and Iffah pun macam tu jugak. The girls sangat la tak suka makan chocolate cake especially Iman. So, the chocolate cake yang aku baked on Saturday, langsung tak dimakan oleh Iman and Iffah. Nasib baik la adik aku Mas ada. Dia ambik satu bijik. I baked 3 chocolate cake, she took 1.

Petang semalam, we went to Subang Airport to send off MIL. On the way to the airport, hubby to a wrong turn. Instead of 20 minutes journey from Melawati to Subang, dah jadi 40 minutes journey sebab dia kena buat U-turn kat Sg. Buloh. Nasib baik la highway tak congested. Urgh! Bengkek betul. Bila aku tanya dia kenapa dia tak baca signboard (masa dia drive tu, aku busy ber FB with his ipad2, using 3G card), dia cakap selalunya aku yang akan bagitau kat mana nak turn, which junction to take etc etc. I told him, lepas ni aku taknak jadi co-pilot dah!  Acah je.. hehe.. I know he'd be lost kalau aku tak bagi direction.

This cake was for hubby's acquaintance.

Devil’s Food Cake
From Cupcakes by Shelly Kaldunski

1 cup flour
¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
¾ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt (add only if you use unsalted butter)

½ cup coarse white sugar
½ cup brown sugar
4 tbs unsalted butter (I used salted butter), 4 tbs is approx 60gm
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla
½ cup lukewarm water
¼ cup buttermilk (if you dont have butter milk, just add ½ tbs vinegar to ½ cup of milk, let it stand for 5-10 minutes)

Method
1. Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl.
2. Cream butter, white sugar and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Add egg and vanilla, beat until combined.
4. Add flour mixture, alternate with water and buttermilk, beat on low speed.
5. Beat for another 30 sec until combined.

Chocolate Ganache
250gm dark chocolate
250ml whipping cream
A pinch of salt
1 tbs butter

Method
1. Heat whipping cream using double boiler until bubble. Add chopped dark chocolate, stir until melted, add butter and salt.
2. Let it cool, keep it refrigerated for at least 1 hour.