Ingredients:

• Maida – 1.5 cup
• fine semolina – 1/2 cup
• baking powder – 3 tsp
• salt – 1/2 tsp
• powdered Sugar – 1 cup
• Butter – 1/2 cup
• Milk – 1 cup
• cocoa – 4 tbsp
• hot Milk – 2 tbsp
• vanilla essence – 1 tsp
• grated Coconut – 1/2 cup
• chopped nuts – 1/2 cup
• Ghee – 2 tsp
• For chocolate icing:
• icing Sugar – 1.5 cup
• cocoa – 3 tbsp
• Butter – 2.5 tbsp
• vanilla essence – 1/2 tsp
• hot water – 2 to 3 tbsp

Method:

1. Mix together maida, semolina, baking powder, and salt. Roast coconut with 2 teaspoon of ghee. Mix cocoa with hot milk and vanilla. Allow to cool.
2. Beat the butter with sugar. Add the cocoa mixture and beat well.
3. Add the coconut and nuts. Add the dry ingredients alternately.
4. Pour it in a prepared 8″ round or square tin.
5. Bake in a moderate oven (170 C) until done (about 35-40 minutes).
6. Cool and cover with chocolate icing. Decorate as desired.
7. For chocolate icing:
8. Melt butter in a saucepan.
9. Add the cocoa and cook it, stirring for 1 minute.
10. Remove from fire, and add icing sugar and essence.
11. Add hot water little by little till the mixture is like a soft paste.
12. Pour on the cake and spread quickly.