Ideas for your Tried and Tested Chocolate Cake Recipe

        Your grandma's good old tried and tested Chocolate Cake Recipe can do so much, from cakes to cupcakes, name it. The chocolate cake recipe I'm using is vegan, but any recipe would still be perfect.

1. Oreo Cookies and Cream Cake

        What I did with this cake is I roughly crushed 10 Oreo Cookies and mixed it in the batter. For the frosting, I made a white chocolate ganache. I didn't use cream for the ganache, I used soy milk instead (but you can use any milk you prefer), the ratio is 1/4 cup of milk for every 250 grams of white chocolate. I used roughly crushed Oreo cookies for the sides and Oreo cookie halves as decor on top. It's quite hard to cut Oreo Cookies in halves when it's at room temperature (it breaks), so what I did  is freeze it before cutting.

2. Chocolate Ganache Cake

        This cake was my birthday cake. I melted chocolate chips and mixed it in the cake batter to make it more chocolatey. For the frosting, I made a dark chocolate ganache. Again I didn't use cream, so the ratio is 1/4 cup milk for every 250 grams of chocolate (the dark chocolate is quite thicker so I added a tablespoon of milk until I get my desired consistency). I love nuts so I decorated the sides with it, you can use peanuts, almonds, cashew, or whatever you prefer.

3. Oreo Cookies and Cream Cupcakes

  

      For this cupcake, I just did the same thing I did with the Oreo Cookies and Cream Cake but there's a surprise on the bottom which is the half of the Oreo (the cream side). For the frosting, I still used the white chocolate ganache but I added finely crushed Oreo cookies.

     

   If you're feeling fancy, you can decorate it with cupcake toppers. The cupcake toppers are totally DIY, I made a design and printed it on stickers, sticked it on cardboards and attached it to a toothpick.

4. Chocolate Cupcakes

     

   I also did what I did on the Chocolate Ganache Cake, I used chocolate ganache and decorated it with chocolate chips.

        Again, if you're feeling fancy, cupcake toppers would make a great decor.

        

        For this one, I topped it with marshmallows. I also thought of topping it with mini marshmallows and nuts and then drizzle it with chocolate for a rocky road cupcake.