"SLC-S24/W2 | Chocolate cake"

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Make the given recipe in detail with step by step pictures. Include your name tag with the date at the final presentation of the recipe.

Step-by-step process of making my chocolate cake

Step1
I sifted to break or remove any lump and mixed all my dried ingredients together with a spatula to incorporate them all together. After that, I put on my oven for a preheat, while I moved on to the next step.

Step 2
I put my butter into a clean bowl and added sugar, then creamed until they were well mixed together and fluffy.

Step3
I put eggs into the fluffy butter and sugar mixture and beat well until it become lighter, smooth and creamy. Then set it aside

Step 4
I transferred my creamed mixture first into a bigger bowl added the dry mixtures into the same bowl, and whisked both together until properly combined; after that, I transferred it to my pan and placed it into my pre-heated oven and allowed it to bake for about 40 minutes.

Step 5

I brought the cake out of the oven allowed it to cool for a few minutes, and got it out of the pan, and this is my final result.

List the prices of the ingredients you used in making the recipe, one by one.

	Ingredients Used

ITEM	PRICES IN NAIRA	STEEM VALUE
Flour	500	2.08
Sugar	250	1.04
Butter	200	0.83
Eggs	500	2.08
Milk	700	2.91
Baking powder	100	0.41
Cocoa Powder	200	0.83
Vanilla flavour	200	0.83
Total	2650	11.04

Is this your first time making a chocolate cake? Or have you made a chocolate cake before? (Minimum 100 words)

Yes, it's my first time. I have always bought chocolate cakes for my loved ones who like them, but I have not tried making them before because I don't really like chocolate cakes. But with the teaching, I see it quite easier than I thought and needs some carefulness for your cake to taste nice, my experience with this gave me a better understanding of how it been made because there was a stage I over did which altered the whole process and I have to start all over before I could get it right although i got discouraged at some point to try again i am glad i did it and it came out nice.

Explain the importance of the cocoa powder/chocolate powder used in the cake. Also, why do you use less cocoa powder than flour?

Cocoa powder/chocolate powder is a major ingredient in making the chocolate cake as it gives it that brownish chocolate colour and look because, without the Cocoa powder, the cake will have a usual cake look.

Cocoa powder gives a chocolate flavour to the cake; the taste of chocolate powder creates an equal taste with other ingredients used, giving a rich chocolate flavour and texture.

Also, I used less cocoa powder than flour to avoid having a bitter taste cake because Cocoa powder has a strong taste that can suppress other flavours or tastes if not used in lesser quantities. Another reason is for the cake not coming out dried because I noticed cocoa powder soaked up more moisture in the mixture.

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