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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  African >> Rest Africa >> Nigerian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F). | 2. Dissolve cocoa powder in boiling water, set aside to cool. | 3. Grease & flour a 11inch (28cm) long & 8inch (20cm) wide oven proof container. | 4. Separate the eggs ( beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form and set aside). | 5. Beat the egg yolks and sugar until light and fluffy. | 6. Add the cooled cocoa mixture and beat well. | 7. Add the oil and vanilla essence beat well. | 8. Sift in the flour and baking powder and beat only until blended. | 9. Fold in the stiffly beaten egg white with a metal spoon. | 10. Pour mixture into oven proof container and bake for 25 to 30 minutes. | 11. While the cake is baking make the syrup. | 12. Put the evaporated milk, sugar, brandy, vanilla essence into a pot on the stove bring to the boil, boil together until sugar has dissolved. | 13. When the cake is baked removed from oven prick the top of the cake all over with a fork and pour the syrup over the cake. | 14. Leave the cake to get completely cold. | 15. While the cake is getting cold make the frosting. | 16. Break up the chocolate squares place in a basi over a 1/2 pot of water and simmer until the chocolate has melted ( do not put any liquid near this while the chocolate is melting otherwise the chocolate will split and go dry). | 17. Let the chocolate cool slightly. | 18. Whisk the cream until soft peaks are formed, add the brandy beat well then gradually fold in the cooled chocolate. | 19. Frost the top and sides of the cake with this mixture. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
cocoa powder	1/2	cup		98.04	24.897	8.427999999999999	5.891
water	1	cup	boiling	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
egg	4			286.0	1.44	25.12	19.02
white sugar	1 1/2	cups		1161.0	299.94	0.0	0.0
cooking oil	1/2	cup		-	-	-	-
vanilla essence	1	teaspoon		249.2	0.0	55.44	1.4
baking powder	4	teaspoons		9.752	5.0968	0.0	0.0
cake flour	450			223173.0	48105.495	5055.3	530.19
milk	1 1/2	cups	evaporated	828.0	19.944000000000003	8.244	85.824
white sugar	1	cup		1161.0	299.94	0.0	0.0
brandy	6	teaspoons		249.2	0.0	55.44	1.4
vanilla essence	2	teaspoons		249.2	0.0	55.44	1.4
brown milk chocolate	280	g		249.2	0.0	55.44	1.4
cream	1.5	double		-	-	-	-
brandy	60			249.2	0.0	55.44	1.4

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.