Dark Chocolate Cake with Caramelised Kumquats

Ingredients :

3/4 Cup Whole wheat flour

3/4 Cup Flour

1tsp Baking powder 

3/4 tsp Salt

1/2 tsp Baking Soda

3/4 cup Canola Oil

1 1/4 Cup Brown Sugar 

1 tsp Vanilla Essence

2 Eggs

1/2 cup Buttermilk

1/4 Cup Cocoa powder

1/2 Cup Hot Coffee

20 -25 Kumquats  (thinly sliced)

1/2 Cup Water

1/2 cup Sugar

100 gms Chocolate chip

1/2 cup Cream

Directions:

1: Preheat oven at 180 degree Celsius. 

2: Grease an 8" round spring form pan.

3: Sift both flours, baking powder , salt and baking powder in a bowl.

4: Boil water and make strong coffee.

5: Add cocoa powder and stir.

6: Add oil and sugar in a bowl and mix properly. 

7: Add egg one by one along with flour mixture  and vanilla essence in oil mixture with an electric mixer at low speed.

8: Add curd and buttermilk and mix again.

9: Pour in the spring bottom pan and bake it 30-40 minutes at 180 degree Celsius. 

10: Place sugar and water in a saucepan and stir to combine.

11: Add kumquats and cook till they are translucent. 
12: Strain and cool.

13: Let the cake remain in the oven after its baked so that it cools down.

14: Meanwhile pour warm cream over chocochips and give it and nice stir.

15: Let it cool down and pour over the cake.

16: Decorate with candied kumquats.