MALAI CAKE

This post is specially for my Princess for coming 1st in class. And now she has gone to Class II.
So she wanted to call all her neighborhood friends and throw a party for them at home. The menu was-
Mini Cheese Uthapams
Broccoli Cutlets
Water melon
Malai Cake with Chocolate Ganache

Here is the recipe for the Malai Cake (Egg less and Butter less Vanilla Cake)

Ingredients-
 Cake-
Malai- 1 cup
Milk powder- 1 cup
Powdered sugar- 1 cup
Maida- 1 1/2 cup
Vanilla essence- 1 tsp
Baking powder- 1 tsp
Baking soda- 1 tsp
lemon juice- of 1 lemon
Milk- 1/2 cup

 Chocolate Ganache-
Dark chocolate- 1 cup
Butter- 1/2 cup
Cream- 1/2 cup

Method-
1. Mix all the above ingredients with a hand blender or with a whisk.
2. Grease a cake tin and line with butter paper.
3. Pour in the batter and tap the tin to smoothen the surface.
4. bake for 30-35 minutes in an oven pre-heated at 180 C.
5. Turn down the heat to 120 C after 15 minutes of baking.
6. For the ganache, melt the butter and chocolate on a bain marie.
7. Mix in the cream and stir till smooth and well mixed.
8. When the cake is done, let it cool in the cake tin for 10 minutes.
9. Remove from the tin and cool on a wire rack till completely cooled.
10. Cut the cake in half and separate the two layers.
11. Spread ganche on the bottom layer.
12. Put the second layer of the cake on top of the ganache.
13. Spread the rest of the ganache on the top and on the side and cover properly.
14. Decorate with desired toppers or sprinkles.