Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, chocolate cake. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Chocolate Cake is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Chocolate Cake is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chocolate cake using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Chocolate Cake:
- Take 250 g butter at room temp
- Prepare 200 g dark chocolate
- Make ready 1 1/2 tsp instant coffee dissolved in 350ml boiling water
- Prepare 250 g caster sugar
- Take 2 eggs beaten
- Prepare 2 tsp vanilla bean paste
- Make ready 30 g cocoa powder
- Take 240 g plain flour
- Take 3 tsp baking powder
- Take Pinch salt
- Get Chocolate Buttercream
- Make ready 100 g dark chocolate
- Prepare 130 g butter (room temp)
- Take 220 g icing sugar
- Make ready 1 tsp vanilla essence
Steps to make Chocolate Cake:
- Heat oven to 150c and grease 2 x 23cm cake tins
- In a large bowl break the chocolate into chunks and cut the butter into 2cm cubes. Pour over the hot coffee and stir until melted
- Add the sugar and whisk until dissolved.
- Add eggs and vanilla and whisk until thoroughly combined.
- Sift in the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt and whisk until combined.
- Pour the cake batter into the cake tins. Bake in oven for 35 minutes (check cooked by inserting a skewer and it comes out clean)
- To make the buttercream- melt the chocolate over some boiling water. Leave to cool to room temp. Beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, add the vanilla and chocolate and beat until well combined.
- Once the sponges have reached room temperature (atleast 1 hour) spread 1 third of the buttercream over one sponge, sandwich with the second sponge and cover with the remaining buttercream. 😋
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