Chocolate mickey mouse cake

Preparation time- 30 mins

Cooking time-40 mins

Frosting time-10 mins

Servings-12

Cals-680

Ingredients

·         1 cup all-purpose flour

·         1 cup powdered sugar

·         3 tablespoon cocoa powder

·         ½  teaspoon baking powder

·         ½ teaspoon baking soda

·         1 pinch salt

·         2 eggs

·         ¼  cup vegetable oil/softened butter

·         1 cup milk

·         ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

For frosting

Ø  1 cup heavy cream

Ø  1 cup+4 tablespoon icing sugar

Ø  4 tablespoon cocoa powder

Ø  2 tablespoon butter

Ø  3 tablespoon milk

Ø  10 cherries

Method

v  Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Grease a mickey mouse shaped cake pan well.

v  In a large bowl, combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

v  In another bowl, mix butter and sugar. Add eggs (one by one), and continue mixing it in the mixture. Add milk as required followed by vanilla essence.

v  Add the sieved dry ingredients slowly into the wet mixture and beat until well blended. Pour it in the pre greased cake pan.

v  Bake for 35 minutes, or until wooden toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Loosen edges, and remove to racks to cool completely.

Frosting:

      Combine whipping cream and confectioner's sugar in a chilled medium bowl. Beat with an electric mixer at high speed until stiff peaks form. Pour it in piping bag.

      Melt 2 tablespoon butter in the saucepan, add 4 tablespoon sugar to it. when sugar dissolves add 4 tbsp cocoa powder to it followed by 3 tbsp milk to get a thick frosting. Spread this frosting evenly on the cake with the help of a spatula. I have even cut the cake in two halves to spread it in the center.

      Outline the mickey mouse with whipped cream and top it with cherries. let the frosting set for a while. I kept it overnight. your cake is ready to serve.