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Chess Board Cake

What about surprising your family and friend with a cake that looks like Chess Board??????? Not a tough job dear; be patient, then you can easily do this. All we have to need is two cakes- a chocolate and a vanilla cake and some cooking chocolate and fresh cream... 
I am updating step-by-step snaps for easy under standing... Now to the recipe...


For Vanilla Cake
Ingredients
  • All Purpose Flour(Maida) - 1 and 1/2 cups
  • Baking powder - 1/2 tsp
  • Eggs - 3 nos
  • Sugar - 3/4 cup (powdered)
  • Unsalted butter (in room temperature) - 100 gm
  • Salt - A pinch
  • Vanilla essence - 1/4 tsp
  • Milk - 1/4 to 1/2 cup
Preparation Method
  1. Sieve together maida, baking powder and salt and keep aside.
  2. Beat the eggs using a hand held electric mixer in a large bowl. 
  3. Add sugar and butter and mix at the lowest speed again for a 2-3 mins (till the sugar and butter dissolves).
  4. Add this little by little to the egg-sugar-butter mix and blend at a medium speed for 4-5 mins.
  5. Add desired amount of milk to achieve the ribbon consistency for batter.
  6. Add vanilla essence and mix for 1 more min.
  7. Preheat oven to 350 degree F (180 degree Celsius).
  8. Grease the baking tray with butter and dust with maida. Pour the batter to the tray.
  9. Bake in oven for 35-40 mins(or till the top of the cake become light brown) at 350 degree F(180 degree Celsius). (Prick the center of the cake with a sharp knife and it should come out clean, if done.)
  10. Take the cake out from oven, invert to a wire rack and allow it to cool.

 For Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
  • All Purpose Flour (Maida) - 1 and 1/4 cups
  • Coco Powder - 1/4 cup
  • Baking powder - 1/2 tsp
  • Eggs - 3 nos
  • Sugar - 3/4 cup (powdered)
  • Unsalted butter (in room temperature) - 100 gm
  • Salt - A pinch
  • Vanilla essence - 1/4 tsp
  • Milk - 1/4 to 1/2 cup
Preparation Method
  1. Sieve together maida, coco powder, baking powder and salt and keep aside.
  2. Beat the eggs using a hand held electric mixer in a large bowl. 
  3. Add sugar and butter and mix at the lowest speed again for a 2-3 mins (till the sugar and butter dissolves).
  4. Add this little by little to the egg-sugar-butter mix and blend at a medium speed for 4-5 mins.
  5. Add desired amount of milk to achieve the ribbon consistency for batter.
  6. Add vanilla essence and mix for 1 more min.
  7. Preheat oven to 350 degree F (180 degree Celsius).
  8. Grease the baking tray with butter and dust with maida. Pour the batter to the tray.
  9. Bake in oven for 35-40 mins(or till the top of the cake become light brown) at 350 degree F(180 degree Celsius). (Prick the center of the cake with a sharp knife and it should come out clean, if done.)
  10. Take the cake out from oven, invert to a wire rack and allow it to cool.
For Cake Assembling
Ingredients
  • Cooking Chocolate - 400 gms: (grated)
  • Fresh Cream - 1/2 cup
Cake Assembling Method
  • Remove the top crust of both vanilla and chocolate cakes.
  • Cut both the cakes horizontally into two pieces (now you will get 2 chocolate cakes and 2 vanilla cakes).

  • Now with the help of a lid or glass take out 3 circles from each cake pieces (you will get 6 chocolate circles and 6 vanilla circles).

  • Melt 200 gms: chocolate (double boiling method) and keep aside.
  • In a tray place the biggest chocolate cake circle, inside that keep the medium size vanilla cake circle and at last the smallest chocolate cake circle.
  • Spread 2-3 spoon of melted chocolate over the arranged cake pieces. (Melted chocolate will help to stick the cake pieces together.)
  • Now above the chocolate place the biggest vanilla cake circle, inside that keep the medium size chocolate cake circle and at last the smallest vanilla cake circle and spread 2-3 spoon of melted chocolate over the arranged cake pieces.
  • Repeat steps 6, 7 and 8. Now we you will have a 4 layer cake.
  • Cover the entire cake with remaining melted chocolate.
  • In a non-stick pan bring the fresh cream to boil, add the remaining 200gms: grated chocolate and switch off the flame. 
  • Mix well till the chocolate melts completely in the fresh cream.
  • Slowly pour the chocolate-fresh cream mix to the top of the cake. The chocolate-fresh cream mix will slowly spread to the sides of the cake. Cover all the sides of the cake with chocolate-fresh cream mix using a spatula.

  • Decorate the cake as per your imagination and keep aside for about 20-30 mins: so that the cake will get set.
  • Cut the cake and surprise your loved ones with the wonderful Chess Board Cake..

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