Rich Dark Chocolate Cake
From cholena 16 years ago
- 60 minutes to make
- Serves 20
Baked for a party ... Must admit , I made lots of mess and it did test my patience abit . But the result was worth the effort . Everybody just loved it .
Ingredients
- 4 oz cooking chocolate, chopped shopping list
- 1/3 C unsweetened cocoa powder shopping list
- 1 C boiling water shopping list
- 2 C all purpose flour shopping list
- 2 tsp baking powder shopping list
- 1 tsp baking soda shopping list
- 1 C unsalted butter shopping list
- 2 C sugar shopping list
- 3 L eggs shopping list
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract shopping list
- 3/4 C low fat evaporated milk shopping list
- Few almonds , roasted in butter and chopped into fairly tiny pieces shopping list
- Filling shopping list
- 1/2 C whip cream shopping list
- 6 oz baking chocolate, diced shopping list
- 2 oz butter shopping list
- glaze shopping list
- 1/2 cup whip cream shopping list
- 5 oz cooking chocolate diced shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees C
- Butter a 9 inch loose bottomed baking pan
- In a non stick pan place the chopped chocolate and cocoa powder. Pour the boiling water over the chocolate and cocoa powder and stir until they have melted. Cool it
- In a bowl,sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda
- Cream the butter. Add the sugar and beat until fluffy
- Add the eggs, one at a time . beat well
- Add the vanilla extract and melted chocolate . Beat
- Add the flour and milk in three additions, beginning and ending with the flour mixture.
- Pour the batter in the cake pan and level the top
- Bake for about 55 minutes
- Filling
- Put the cream in a saucepan and turn the heat to medium. Remove the pan before the cream starts to bubble . Add the chocolate, and stir until dissolved.
- Stir the butter into the cream and let it cool completely
- Arranging
- Remove from oven and place on a wire rack to cool for about 15 minutes
- When completely cooled, split the cake into 2 layers
- Put a layer on a cake board . Place on the wire rack
- Put some kitchen towels below them . It's ez dat way to clean up later
- Spread the filling over the cake and sprinkle the almonds . Place the other layer on top
- Place the cake in the refrigerator
- Glaze
- Simmer the cream in a non stick pan, add the diced chocolate and stir till smoothed. cool it
- Pour the mixture immediately over the cake and use a spatula to cover all the surface and sides
- Refrigerate
- I liked it when it's straight out of fridge and right into the microwave oven and warm it 20 secs .
- It was heavenly : )
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People Who Like This Dish 5
- LEELEE08 RUNANGA, NEW ZEALAND
- angieaugusta Adelaide, Australia
- danadooley Singapore, SG
- selve1 Mumbai, IN
- yomomma Danvers, MA
- clbacon Birmingham, AL
- cholena Food World, Sin
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Oooooh! That looks so gooey and messy, it's gotta be good. You know me and chocolate, never ever could resist it and never ever gonna try *GRIN* Definitely gets my 5. I have a question though, hmmm ... where am I gonna get 3 Leggs?!?!? ;)
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i Have tasted ur cake.Hmmmm yummy!I LOVE IT!no doubt kidz too love it.
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