Roasted Choco Almond Cake

It is very hard to find a person who doesn't love chocolate cake.This time I did not want to make any normal chocolate cake.To make a more beautiful and completely delicious cake I added butter honey roasted almonds in my cake. Like other  chocolate cake this Roasted Choco Almond Cake is incredibly rich and moist. I decorated the cake with chocolate ganache  topped with butter honey roasted almonds.you’ll crave long after the cake is finished. 

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Preparation Time-10 minutes
Cooking  Time-40 minutes
Servings-8 pieces 
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Ingredients for cake
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All Purpose flour-3/4 cup
Almond powder-1/4 cup(grind to make a fine powder)
Baking powder-1.5 tsp
Baking soda-1 pinch
Cocoa Powder-8 tsp
Granulated Sugar-3/4 cup
Eggs -2 (Vegetarians people can add 1/3 cup beaten yogurt instead of using eggs)
Milk-1/2 cup
Vegetable Oil-1/2cup
Vanilla Essence -2 tsp
Butter Honey Roasted Chopped Almonds-3/4 cup

How to make Butter Honey  Roasted Chopped Almonds 
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Ingredients of making butter honey roasted almonds 
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Butter-2 teaspoon
Honey -1/4 cup
Almonds -1cup (soaked, peeled and chopped )

Method of making butter honey roasted almonds
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Heat butter in a pan
Add chopped almonds,fry them until  light brown
Add honey, mix well,cook for 1 minute and switch off the gas.


Method of making cake
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Preheat the oven to 180 degree C for 10 minutes.
Grease the cake tin with vegetable Oil.
In a large bowl add together all purpose flour, almond powder,baking powder, baking soda and cocoa powder and butter honey roasted almonds,mix well.
Take another big bowl, add sugar, vegetable oil, vanilla essence. eggs or beaten yogurt, milk,mix them very well until become a creamy texture.
Add flour mixture slowly to the liquid mixture,add little quantity  at a time and then fold with spatula then again add some more flour mixture  to the liquid mixture  and fold. Do the process until the dry and wet ingredients are well combined.
Pour the batter in the greased pan,tap the pan a couple of times so the batter is spread evenly and there are no air bubbles.
Bake for about 40 minutes,or insert a toothpick,if inserted toothpick comes out clean then your cake is ready.Now allow to cool the cake for 1 hour before doing garnishing .


Final Step (covered  the cake with chocolate  ganache  topped with remaining  butter honey roasted almonds)


How to make chocolate  ganache 

ingredients of making chocolate  ganache
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Dark chocolate-100 grams(broken into pieces )
Heavy cream -1 cup  

Method of making chocolate  ganache
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Place the  broken chocolate into a medium bowl. Make sure chop the chocolate into small pieces so it will melt easily.

Heat the cream in a small sauce pan over medium heat. When the cream has come to a boil,  pour over the chopped chocolate, and whisk until melted and smooth.


Allow the ganache to cool slightly before pouring over a cake.

Take a grill rack of oven,put the rack on a big plate,place the cake on the grill wrack.Pour the ganache over the cake,start at the centre of the cake and work outward.

Garnish the side of cake with butter honey roasted almonds.

Microwave method of making chocolate  ganache


For the chocolate ganache, melt the chocolate on half power  for approximately 2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds until melted. Add the cream and mix thoroughly until smooth and glossy.

Once the cake is cool, spread over the ganache.

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