A classic Chocolate Cake (Mircowaved)

Classic Chocolate and Nuts cake

What better way to start baking than to indulge in one of the worlds most greatest delicacy...A chocolate and nuts cake.
My recipe is the most simplest and I have used it a hundred times in the past.

Ingredients:
1 cup - Refined Flour
1 cup - Castor sugar
1 1/2 cup - Milk
3/4 cup - Vegetable Oil
1 tsp - baking soda (fruit soda)
1 1/2 tbsp - Coco powder / Bournvita
1 cup - mixed nuts
1/2 - Raisins and dates
1/2 tsp vanilla essence

Procedure:
1. Bring the milk to a boil after adding raisins and dates to it. Bring it to room temperature.
2. Sift flour, baking soda, and coco powder together.
3. Mix Castor Sugar, Oil, Vanilla essence, and Milk together.
4. Now add the flour + baking powder + coco powder to the above mixture.
5. Dust the nuts with a bit of the flour and add to the above cake mixture.
Tip: Make sure that you mix the ingredients only in one direction.

Microwave baking
5. Prepare your baking bowl, using butter and flour.
6. Pour the cake mixture in the bowl.
7. Now using the least power, bake the cake for 10 mins.
8. Check if the cake is baked by immersing a pointed knife. If the knife comes out clean, remove the cake as this means its done.

Note: While baking a lesser quantity, I prefer to bake it for 7 to 8 min and check.

I prefer to decorate this cake by dusting some Castor sugar and coco powder on it.