Eggless Chocolate Truffle Cake

Ingredients

For Chocolate Sponge

• 1 ⅓ cup Refined flour
• ½ tsp Baking soda
• ½ tsp Baking powder
• ¼ cup Unsweetened Cocoa powder
• ½ cup Oil
• ¼ tsp Vanilla essence
• ¾ cup Yogurt
• 200 gms "Nestlé MILKMAID"

For Chocolate Truffle

• ¾ cup Fresh Cream
• ⅜ cup "Nestlé MILKMAID"
• 2 ½ cup Dark Chocolate, chopped
• ¼ cup Unsalted butter, soft

For Garnish

• Chocolate shavings
• Gold leaf
• Coco powder, dusting

Process

For Caramelized Milkmaid

1. In a sauce pot, add water in it and place the milkmaid tin into it.
2. Let it boil for at least 2 hours on medium flame.
3. Once it's done remove the tin and rest for at least 20-25 minutes.
4. Once the milkmaid tin settles down to a room temperature, then transfer the milkmaid into the bowl for further use.

For Sponge

1. In a bowl, add refined flour, baking soda, baking powder, cocoa powder and mix well.
2. Now, add oil, vanilla essence and mix it well and make sure before adding curd, the oil is mixed properly and make a soft batter.
3. Add beaten curd and mix well with the help of the cut and fold method.
4. Now, add milkmaid and mix everything properly.
5. Grease the cake tin with butter and flour and pour the prepared batter into a cake tin.
6. Now, transfer it into a kadai for baking and bake it for 35-40 minutes on low to medium flame.

For Chocolate Truffle

1. In a shallow pan, add fresh cream and let it cook for 1-2 minutes, add prepared caramelized milkmaid and mix it well on medium flame.
2. Remove the pan from the flame and add chocolate and mix everything properly.
3. Once chocolates are tempered properly, keep it aside for further use.

For Layering

1. Demold the sponge and slice into 3 equal parts.
2. Now, apply caramelized milkmaid, prepared chocolate truffle and spread equally on the bottom and middle layer with the help of palette knife.
3. Now, cover it with the top layer.
4. Pour the truffle on the cake and spread equally from all sides.
5. Now, transfer the prepared cake into the fridge to settle down.
6. Remove the cake from the fridge and pour the hot truffle into it.
7. Make sure all sides are coat nicely,
8. Garnish with toffee whipped cream, golden leafs, chocolate shavings and sprinkle some cocoa powder.