Mocha Cake

                                                             

Ingredients for cake:
                                         
All purpose Flour - 1 cup
Baking Powder - 1 teaspoon
Salt - 1/4 teaspoon
Brown sugar - 1 cup
Egg - 1
butter - 60 grams
Milk - 1/3 cup
Cocoa powder - 1 tablespoon
Instant Coffee powder - 2 teaspoon

Note:  If you don't like the taste of coffee in your cake, you can avoid. I did. But i love the cocoa - coffee frosting.

For Frosting:

Butter - 1 tablespoon
Instant coffee powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Cocoa powder -  1 teaspoon
Icing sugar - 1 cup
Milk a few teaspoons ( to give the mixture a spreading consistency )

Preparation:

Preheat oven at 170 degree C. Line a 6 or 7 inch cake tin with butter paper and smear it with butter.

Add all ingredients of the cake into a bowl and beat on medium high speed for 3 - 5 minutes until the mixture becomes very creamy .

Transfer the batter into the prepared cake tin and bake in the preheated oven for about 30 - 40 minutes or till the top of the cake is springy to touch or a toothpick inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.

Cool on a wire rack.

Frosting:

Beat cocoa, butter, coffee and icing sugar together. Add a teaspoon of milk at a time until the required consistency is reached. Spread the frosting on top of the cake using a metal spatula or spoon.