• 1 ½ cups of whole wheat flour,
• ¼ cup Cocoa powder,
• 1tsp Baking powder,
• ¾ tsp Baking soda or cooking soda,
• ¼ tsp salt,
• 1 cup powdered sugar,
• 1 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice,
• 1/3 cup Vegetable oil,
• 1 cup warm water,
• 1 tsp good quality vanilla extract,
• And some fresh strawberries to decorate, optional

It might sound tricky, but trust me it’s easy and can be whipped in not time! Before you begin, pre heat your oven to 170 degrees centigrade and grease a cake tin.

Take all the dry ingredients, sieve them well and mix them together. Keep aside, while you get set to whip up the liquid batter.

In a clean bowl, take the liquids, as in the warm water, vanilla extract, oil and lemon juice and stir well.

Now slowly and steadily, add the liquid batter, into the dry mixture, in installments. Keep stirring in, to prevent the formation of lumps.

Soon, you will have a dark, sinister looking thick batter. No matter how sinister the batter looks, you will be surprised at the quantum of goodness that comes out in the finale!

Allow the cake to cool and then take it out on a cake plate. Slice it and serve it with a dust of cocoa and some fresh strawberries.

The stark red and brown combo will make even the strongest one, go weak in the knees!

by Pak101.com (few years ago!) / 1148 views