Chocolate almond cake

Ingredients:

• Sift together :
• Maida - 250 gms.
• Cocoa - 3 tbl. sps. [ level ]
• Baking powder - 2 tsps. [ level ]
• Cooking soda - 1/2 tsp
• Salt - a pinch

Blend together:

• Condensed milk - 1 tin
• Melted butter - 100 gms.
• Luke warm water - 1 glass
• Vanilla essence - 1 tsp

Other ingredients :

• Almonds - 1/2 cup [ sliced and chopped ]

Method :

Sift the mentioned ingredients together twice. Blend mentioned ingredients together in a bowl. [ other wise you can use mixie also ] Then add sifted ingredients and mix well in clock wise direction. Mix half the sliced almonds to the batter. Then transfer to a greased baking dish. Arrange rest of the almonds on top. Bake in a pre- heated moderate oven approximately for 45 minutes in 170˚C / 375˚F


Note :

While arranging nuts on top before baking, dip the nuts in milk and then arrange, so that it doesn't sink into the cake after baking.