Chocolate is the biggest discovery by the Central Americans (trying to sound informative!) which is very rare and everyone loves it. It just melts a bad mood, lifts your spirit and put you in happy mood. My mum’s chocolate cake was the most amazing cake she used to make. The first smell we used to get when coming back from school and we could only get a piece if we put our bags in place and have our lunch. It used to be given to us as treat. I still remember my mum’s first round oven which used to be there and we would keep peeping in to see how much the cake has risen. This is a basic recipe of chocolate cake which I think she got from the oven book and then improvised. I stole this recipe when I was 12 years and she had gone out and made it on my own:-)

So I guess it will be easy and can be done by non bakers.

Rule that I remember even now things should be at room temperature and oven should be preheated at 180 degrees.

You would need 1.5 cup maida and 1.5 tsp of Baking Powder and 5 tblsp of cocoa powder (replace one spoon with 2 spoons of grated chocolate if you want it more chocolaty).

Sift them together.

Beat ½ oil or 125 gm butter with 3 eggs.

Add the dry mixture to the butter bit. If the mixture is thick pl add milk. You will need more in winter. Typically up to ½ cup. Batter should be in flowing consistency.

Bake in preheated oven for 35-40 min or till the toothpick comes out clean.

My kids just love this cake till date and it is big hit. I made it for my sons first birthday and he just could not resist eating it.