Checkerboard Cake Recipe / Vanilla & Chocolate Checkerboard Cake Recipe

This is one cake which i wanted to bake for quite a long time. Finally i achieved it last week and i wanted to share it as soon as possible..This is one cake which you can bake on any special occasions, it makes the occasion even more special...

I made this cake from scratch, even the template. But you can take a shortcut and use this ready template, print it and use it. The cake pan which you have to use is a 18 cm standard round cake pans.

Hopw you will try this and let me know how it turns out for you..

Preparation Time :  1 hour

Baking Time : 1.30 hours

Makes : 10 to 12 slices

Source: Bakers Corner

Ingredients:

For Cake:

All Purpose Flour / Maida - 4 cup / 480 grams

Granulated Regular Sugar - 2 3/4 cup / 550 grams

Oil or Melted Butter - 1 1/4 cup / 300 ml

Milk - 1 3/4 cup / 420 ml

Eggs - 6

Baking Powder - 4 1/2 tsp

Salt - 1 tsp

Vanilla Essence - 1 tblspn

Cocoa Powder - 1/2 cup / 60 grams 

Chocolate Butter Cream Frosting as needed (Recipe here)

Other Stuffs:

Two 18 cm Round Baking Pan

Plain paper - 1

Pencil

Compass

Measuring Scale

Scissors

Method:

Preheat oven to 160 degree C. Grease two 18 cm cake pan very well with oil and dust it with flour. Coat flour on all sides, tap off the excess and set aside.

Take flour, salt, baking powder in a sifter. Sieve well. Take it in a bowl.Add in sugar, eggs, milk, oil and mix well.Divide the batter into two bowls. 

In one bowl add vanilla and mix well. Pour this into the prepared pan and bake for 40 to 45 mins untill the toothpick inserted comes out clean.Remove it and let it cool a little, now invert it in a cooling rack and let it cool.

Now in the other bowl, add in sifted cocoa and mix well. Pour this into the prepared pan and bake for 40 to 45 mins untill the toothpick inserted comes out clean.Remove it and let it cool a little, now invert it in a cooling rack and let it cool.

Now make butter cream icing and set aside.

Prepare template as mentioned in the pictures or print here from here.

Cut the dome from the cake, place the template over it and secure with toothpick. Now cut the cake through that. Do this for all 4 cakes.

Now start with chocolate cake, spread icing over the sides, place a vanilla layer in it and spread icing in the side and place a chocolate layer in the middle.

Do this for all 4 cakes.

Now take a chocolate cake in a plate, spread icing over it, place vanilla cake over it and spread icing over it. DO this for all cake layers.

Spread icing all over it and spread on the sides as well.

Chill the cake for 2 to 4 hours before slicing. Serve.

Pictorial:

First lets make the cake..

Oil two baking pan and dust it with flour and coat on all 
sides, tap off the excess and set aside..

Take flour in a sifter

add in baking powder

add in some salt

sieve and set aside

take it in a bowl

add in sugar

add in oil

add in eggs

add in milk

mix well

now the batter is done

divide the batter between two bowls

now take a bowl

add in vanilla essence in this

mix well

Pour it into the prepared pans

bake them..

remove it and set aside to cool down

now sieve cocoa powder

add this to another batter

mix well 

Pour this into the pans and bake

remove it and set aside to cool

FOR MAKING THE TEMPLATE, YOU CAN FOLLOW THE BELOW STEPS..OR YOU CAN TAKE EASY STEP AND  TAKE A PRINT OUT FROM THIS

now lets make the template to cut the cake..first place the cake pan over the paper

draw over the pan

like this

now use a scale and mark the middle point,

divide each side in to three portions

use a compass to draw round

now you have to cut it

cut the center again

now you will get something like this

now cut the dome off the cakes

take a vanilla cake

place the template over it

secure it with toothpicks

cut the center

cut off the other side as well

now both cakes are done

take chocolate cake

do the same

i made batch of buttercream..Recipe here

take a slice of chocolate cake

spread cream in the sides

place a vanilla cake 

spread icing in the center

place a chocolate cake in the middle

now take a vanilla cake, spread with icing

place a chocolate cake in them

spread with icing

place a vanilla cake in the middle

now take the chocolate one in a plate and spread icing over it

spread evenly

place vanilla cake over it

repeat with all cake layers

no spread some more icing over it

spread around the sides

spread evenly

done

Chill for 2 hours

slice and serve

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