Chocolate Cake with Cinnamon Stick Accent

Chocolate Cake with Cinnamon Stick Accent

(Serves 8-10 | Two 8-inch layers)

Ingredients :

• Chocolate Cake

• 200g all-purpose flour
• 70g unsweetened cocoa powder
• 300g caster sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 eggs
• 240ml buttermilk
• 120ml vegetable oil
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 240ml hot water

Instructions :

Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease and line two 8-inch tins.

Sift all the dry ingredients. Add eggs, buttermilk, oil, and vanilla; beat until smooth. Add hot water; mix until batter is thin. Divide batter evenly between the prepared tins. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean. Cool cake completely.

Cinnamon Chocolate Buttercream

• 250g unsalted butter, softened
• 500g icing sugar
• 50g cocoa powder
• 4 tbsp milk
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Beat butter until pale. Gradually add icing sugar, cocoa, milk, cinnamon, and vanilla; beat until fluffy.

Assembly

Sandwich the cake layers with buttercream. Smooth the buttercream over the top and sides. Chill the cake for 30 minutes.

Decorate the top with 6-8 whole cinnamon sticks placed in a star formation or a cluster.