choclate beer cake

i came across this recipe from a lifestyle magazine (i dont remember which magazine! may be 'women's era') from our college library. i jotted it immediately on my copy, but i baked this cake yesterday (8 yrs after jotting it down). my kids love cake. they love to cut it by blowing a candle and singing birthday song rather than eating it!!!.so every time i bake a cake ,i have to put some icing and decoration on it as my children wont compromise on a 'b'day' cake without icing and of course glaced cherries. the original recipe was a plain beer cake, but i did some elaboration to satisfy my" crazy "kids.

ingredients for the cake

flour-4 tbs

coaco pdr-4 tbs

sugar-8tbs

eggs-4 nos

oil/butter-6 tbs

baking powder-1 tsp

beer-1/2 cup

sift together for 4-5 times, the flour,baking pdr & coaco.

beat eggs for 10 mins.

beat sugar & oil/butter till fluffy. add beaten eggs and mix well.

fold in the dry ingredients.

pour the beer. mix well.

pour the batter to an 8'' greased cake tin.

pre heat oven at 170 degrees.

bake the cake for 25 mins.

cool the cake in a wire rack.

this cake is a little bitter in taste with the tinge of beer .

i made a little modifications to the recipe. after cooling the cake in room temp. i cut it into two layers. in a pan heat 1 tbs white butter and add 3tsp of coaco and stir for few secs. turn off the flame and add 1/4 tin of condensed milk. spread this 'icing' on one layer of the cake while it still hot and top it with the second layer of the cake. i coated the top layer of the cake with ready made choclate fudge sauce. i took 4-5 tsp of the sauce and heated in the microwave for 20 secs.then i coated the top layer with it and placed few glaced cherries on it. serve chilled. it's yummy.