Steemit Engagement Challenge 24

Hope you all are healthy and doing well. We have entered the second week of the Steemit Engagement Challenge Season 24. In the second week of the Steemit Engagement Challenge, @m-fdo sister has organized the SLC-S24/W2 | Chocolate cake competition. I hope this week we will get to know different experiences of cake making from friends. My desire to compete in this competition is strong. Finally, let's move on to the chocolate cake recipe's main attraction.

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1. Make the given recipe in detail with step-by-step pictures.

🎂Ingredients🎂

Butter100g	Cocoa powder	Baking powder

Eggs	Flour85g	Sugar100g

According to the above-mentioned details, I have measured the ingredients for making chocolate cake:

🎂Making Process🎂

Step 1:

√ First, take 100 grams of butter in a clean bowl. I added 100 grams of sugar to the butter and mixed the two ingredients very well with a hand mixer.

Step 2:

√ Once the sugar and butter were well mixed, I added two eggs. I mixed the eggs and other ingredients well with a hand mixer.

Step 3:

√ I added 1/2 tablespoon of vanilla essence to the sugar, butter, and egg mixture and mixed all the ingredients well and kept it aside. Adding vanilla essence added a very nice flavor.

Step 4:

√ At this stage, I sieved 85 grams of flour, 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder, and 15 grams of chocolate powder in a sieve. If you sieve it in this way, there will be no lumps in the mixture.

Step 5:

√ Now I added the mixture of flour, baking powder, and cocoa powder to the butter, sugar, and egg mixture and mixed all the ingredients very well.

6th Step:

√ When the mixture is well mixed, I added 3 tablespoons of milk. Then I mixed all the ingredients very well again.

7th Step:

Then I took a mold and brushed oil around it. Then I placed the paper cut into rounds on the bottom of the mold. To make it easier to take the cake from the mold, place the paper on the bottom of the mold in this manner.

8th Step:

After pouring the dough prepared for the chocolate cake into the mold, I shook it and set it with the mold.

9th Step:

In the stovetop saucepan, I brought two cups of water to a boil. Following that, I set the mold on the stand. I kept it on the stove over low heat.

Step 10:

After forty minutes, I checked with a toothpick whether the cake was fully baked. After checking with a toothpick, I was sure that the cake was now ready to serve. I took the cake out of the mold and served it.

Include your name tag with the date at the final presentation of the recipe.

🎂Final Preparetion🎂

Final Presentation

	Presentation with paper

My Selfie

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

I have listed the ingredients used in making the chocolate cake recipe below. I have converted the quantities of the ingredients used in making the chocolate cake into the local price and the steem price of my country. I hope you can easily understand the cost of the ingredients I used in preparing the chocolate cake recipe. The names, quantities, and prices of the ingredients used for the chocolate cake recipe are as follows 👇👇

Ingredients	Quantity	BD price	Steem price
Butter	100 grams	150 Bdt	8.05 Steem
Sugar	100 grams	15 Bdt	0.8 Steem
Flour	85 grams	10 Bdt	0.53 Steem
Eggs	2 pis	20 Bdt	1.07 Steem
Cocoa powder	15 grams	20 Bdt	1.07 Steem
Baking powder	1/2 tbsp	10 Bdt	0.53 Steem
Vanilla essence	1/2 tbsp	7 Bdt	0.37 Steem
Milk	3 tablespoons	10 Bdt	0.53 Steem
Total Cost	_	242 Bdt	13 Steem

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

Yes, I have made chocolate cakes several times before. My sons love to eat chocolate cakes. After joining the Steemit platform, I have made chocolate cake recipes to participate in various contests and engagement competitions. I love cooking. I sometimes make chocolate cakes at home and share them with my children and other family members. They praised my cake. I am going to share with you my very first chocolate cake experience. When I decided to make a chocolate cake for the first time, I was very scared. I was worried whether the chocolate cake I made would be fluffy, whether it would be soft, and whether I would be able to prepare the cake properly. But I was very happy to see the final result of the chocolate cake. I was able to prepare the first chocolate cake I made perfectly, without an oven. Chocolate cakes are excellent, and I now make them frequently.

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

Chocolate powder or cocoa powder is the primary component in chocolate cake. Cocoa powder or chocolate powder plays an important role in making chocolate cake for its chocolatey taste. Cocoa powder or chocolate powder gives the cake a dark brown color, which makes chocolate cakes attractive. Cocoa powder or chocolate powder absorbs water, helps maintain the balance of wet ingredients, and plays an important role in how moist the cake will be. The use of cocoa powder or chocolate powder thickens the cake dough, which is important for making a perfect chocolate cake. Cocoa powder or chocolate powder is rich in nutrients that are beneficial for our body, as well as the use of cocoa powder or chocolate powder makes chocolate cakes delicious.

Less cocoa powder is used than flour to make chocolate cakes because a small amount of cocoa powder is denser than flour. A small amount of cocoa powder helps in imparting the chocolate flavor. Too much cocoa powder can dry out the cake or make it too dense because it lacks the gluten and starch provided by the flour. The structure of the cake depends on the flour's protein and starch. Cocoa powder cannot substitute for flour in this role, so it is used in small quantities.

📸All images used here were captured from my Redmi 5G phone.📸

In this beautiful Challenge I would like to invite @chant @kouba01 @anailuj1992 @ulfatulrahmah

💞Thanks to all readers💞

Best Regards From @jimiaera02