Delish, Recipes

Chocolate Custard Cake

Chocolate is an emotion in our house and there’s no day without at least one bite of chocolate. One day my nanaji was craving a chocolate cake and I didn’t have enough ingredients, so I came up with this recipe.

Ingredients

  • 1 Oreo Packet
  • 1/4 Cup Ghee
  • 4 Tbsp Custard Powder
  • 1/2 Cup Butter
  • 2 Cup Milk
  • 1/2 Cup Compound Dark Chocolate
  • 1/4 Cup Butter

Preparation

Prep: 10 minutes
Cooking: 40 minutes

  1. Crush the oreo biscuits or grind them into a medium-coarse powder.
  2. Mix ghee and biscuit powder.
  3. Transfer it to a cake tin or tart mould and press. Refrigerate it for 30 minutes.
  4. In a small bowl, mix custard powder and ¼ cup of milk. Make sure no lumps are formed.
  5. In a pan, heat and add 1½ cup milk. Add butter and keep stirring till the butter melts.
  6. Then add custard powder slurry to the milk. Keep stirring till the mixture thickens.
  7. Add the chocolate and keep stirring until mixed properly. Combine till you get a smooth mixture.
  8. After it cools down, transfer the mixture to the same tin/mould with oreo.
  9. Let it set in the refrigerator completely.
  10. Demould and top it with whipped cream or white chocolate or pieces of oreo. Serve!

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Ruchita Mane

I've always lived with my Nana-Nani and my Nani makes amazing food so I barely cook. I recently graduated as a Software Engineer and before I could look for a job, the pandemic broke and we were all under lockdown. The search came to a halt and the anxiety about the future hit me hard. I had to get out of that feeling so I diverted my mind into exercising, yoga, meditation and even cooking. I started with helping my Nani by chopping vegetables, making tadkas, kneading soft doughs and in no time, I was rolling round chapatis. Cooking kept my mind in the present and made me patient and consistent. My Nani is glad that I don’t make a mess while cooking anymore, that gives her great joy. My Nanaji says that he doesn’t have to go out to a restaurant because I can cook almost everything. Now I don’t want to stop cooking. Thank you, Lockdown!