Simple Chocolate Cake

Someone shared this recipe of the cooking forum today & I decided to give it a try & a chance to practice my piping skills. Not quite there yet!

Made a slight change to the icing. Added 4 tbsp of Baileys ( :P ) instead of 2 tsp pure vanilla extract. At least can taste the Baileys.

Made some small cupcakes & a 26cm diameter cake. I think my baking pans were a bit too big, didn't get the cake volume intended.   23cm would be better. 

Here is the video link to the recipe  from Joyofbaking.com

http://youtu.be/vsSz7t5lqzw

Baileys Buttercream Icing: 

Ingredients: 

250g soft butter at room temperature

250g icing sugar

4 tbsp Baileys  

Preparation steps: 

1. Cream butter until creamy with an electric mixer. 

2. Add the icing sugar & Baileys. 

3. Cream until light & fluffy. 

Voilà !