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Chocolate cake, a dessert bound to set many people drooling. A lip-smacking, rich sweet treat that is sure to win hearts for you. If you want to particularly delight a kid on his/her birthday just bake a yummy chocolate cake for the little one. The kid is sure to love it more than any other gift. Well, vegetarians need not worry, eggless chocolate cakes can be prepared with much ease as their egg containing counterparts. All you need is to put together a few ingredients and little effort to come up with the most delicious eggless chocolate cake.

To help you out, here is a recipe of eggless chocolate cake.

Ingredients:
For the cake:
All-purpose flour - 3 cups
Castor sugar - 2 cups
Cocoa powder - 1/2 cup
Baking powder - 2 tsp
Salt - 1 tsp
Vegetable oil - � cup
Vanilla essence - 1 tsp
Vinegar - 2 tsp
Cold water - 2 cups

For the topping:
Thick cream - 2 cups
Semi-sweet cooking chocolate (chopped) - 2 1/2 cup

Method:
1.) In a large mixing bowl, sift together all the dry ingredients.
2.) Now to this mixture of dry ingredients add the oil and mix thoroughly.
3.) Add the essence and vinegar. Mix well
4.) Add cold water gradually stirring continuously.
5.) Now pour the mix into a greased 9 x 13 inch cake pan.
6.) Bake at 180°C for 35-40 minutes or until done.
7.) While the cake cools completely you can prepare the topping for the cake.
8.) For the topping, in a saucepan, heat the cream on medium heat. Do not allow it to boil.
9.) Now add the chocolate pieces and mix thoroughly till you get a uniform mixture of cream and chocolate. Pull off the stove.
10.) Once the cake has cooled completely cover it completely with the topping.
11.) Save a quarter of the topping mixture and put it in a piping cone. With the help of the piping cone, decorate the cake with the design of your choice such as flowers or any random design.

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