Coffee and chocolate make a wonderful combination, perfect for the morning, afternoon or evening!
Coffee-Choco milk shake
Ingredients:
Strong coffee – 1 cup
Chocolate sauce - Half cup
Milk – 5 to 6 cups
For the Chocolate sauce-
Sugar- 1 cup
Water – One third cup
Cocoa – 6 tbsp
Milk – One fourth cup
Vanilla essence – One fourth tsp
Method:
To make chocolate sauce, mix the sugar with the water. Boil for 4 to 5 minutes. Add cocoa and vanilla essence. Place the pan over hot water. Simmer until thick. Now add milk, stir well and remove from heat.
For the shake, combine all ingredients in a blender or shaker. Serve chilled.
Coffee Cake
Ingredients:
Flour – 180 gms
Sugar, powdered – 180 gms
Butter – 180 gms
Eggs – 3
Baking powder – 3 level tsp
Instant coffee powder – 3 level tsp
Milk – 2 tbsp
Method:
Grease and flour two 8” sandwich tins. Set the oven at 400 degrees F.
Sift flour, baking powder, and coffee powder thrice.
Cream butter and sugar until light. Whisk the eggs well and add to the mixture, a little at a time, beating on each addition. Fold in the flour, adding milk. Stir the batter well and pour equally into the tins. Smooth the surface with a palette knife. Bake in a pre-heated oven for 20 to 25 minutes. Sandwich together with vanilla or chocolate buttercream.
