Ilham's Chocolate Cake Recipe

I came up with this recipe after lots of try and error - based on my taste. I don't like it too sweet and too dry. That's why I named it after me. Hehehe...

To those who keep asking me for the recipe, so here goes.

Ilham's Chocolate Cake Recipe:


1/2 cup butter
100ml vegetable oil
1 cup castor sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
4 eggs
1 cup self raising flour
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup evaporated milk
1/2 tspn essence vanilla

Preheat oven to 175 degrees C.
Grease 8x8 pan and line the middle bottom pan with a small piece of grease paper.
Sift the self raising flour, all-purpose flour and cocoa powder. Put aside.
Mix together evaporated milk with essence vanilla in a measuring cup.
In a large, beat the butter together with the oil, castor sugar and brown sugar.
Beat in egg one at a time.
Add in the flour mixture alternately with the milk mixture.
Pour in the batter into the pan.
Bake for about 50 to 55 min.

Chocolate Ganache:
500g cooking chocolate bar (chopped)
250ml whipping cream
1/2 cup fresh milk

Put all the ingredients in a glass bowl. Heat the bowl using double boiler technique.
Stir the mixture until all the chocolate melt.
Allow the ganache to cool slightly before pouring over the cake.
Sprinkle with chocolate rice.