Dalgona Cake

 Coffee originates from South Korea. The name is "Dalgona" derived from a Korean sugar sweet. Most dalgona coffee doesn't actually contain dalgona.  But just because of its resemblance taste and appearance they name it as dalgona coffee.  Recently it has made waves on social media during pendamic. It is creamy coffee mixture  that is actually made by whipping equal amount of coffee, sugar and water. After I encountered so many posts of Dalgona coffee, I thought of making Dalgona cake. For that I baked a coffee cake and decorated it with Dalgona coffee cream.

Ingredients:-

 For cake

1. 1 cup Wheat flour

2. 1 cup powdered sugar

3. 2 tbs coffee powder

4. 1 tsp baking powder

5. 1/2 tsp baking soda

6. 6 tbs oil

7. 1 cup milk

8. 1 tbs vinegar 

9. 1 tsp vanilla extract 

Dalgona coffee mixture

1. 1/4 cup coffee powder

2. 1/4 cup sugar

3. 1/4 cup water

Method:-

Step 1

Take a mixing bowl, sieve all the dry ingredients and they are wheat flour, sugar, coffee powder, baking powder and baking soda properly to avoid lumps.

Step 2

Add oil and vanilla extract to the mixture of dry ingredients. Next gradually add  milk to it and mix it with the help of whisker. Just mix it untill all ingredients combined properly (do not over mix). 

Step 3

Add  vinegar to give final mix. Cake batter is ready.

Step 4

Grease the  moulds with oil and put baking paper into it. Add batter upto 3/4 level in the moulds and tap it for two times. 

Step 5

Allow it to bake in preheated oven at 180`c for 25-30 min. Then run toothpick test whether cake are ready or not. If not then wait for 5 more mins. Baking time will be approximately 25 to 30 mins. Allow it  to cool down and then unmould. 

Step 6

For Dalgona coffee mixture:-

In a mixing bowl add coffee powder, sugar and water. Using electric beater whipped it until it becomes creamy, silky smooth and stuff peak have formed. If the peaks fall over, keep whisking for another minute or so.

Step 7

Cover the baked cake with dalgona coffee mixer as you desire. This cake is not ment for smooth forsting so just apply dalgona coffee mixture as you wish.

Enjoy super healthy and delicious wheat flour Dalgona coffee cake.