Liezels chocolate cake
From liezel 15 years agoIngredients
- 1/2 cup + 3 tablespoons cocoa (170 ml) or shopping list
- 1/4 cup + 3 tablespoons cocoa if you want it lighter (100 ml) shopping list
- 1 cup boiling water (250 ml) shopping list
- 2 cups cake flour (500 ml) shopping list
- 1 teaspoon salt (5 ml) shopping list
- 1 tablespoon baking powder, heaped (15 ml) shopping list
- 2 cups brown sugar (500 ml) shopping list
- 1/2 cup + 3 tablespoons oil (160 ml) shopping list
- 1/4 cup honey (60 ml) - to keep cake moist shopping list
- 3 tablespoons brandy (50 ml) shopping list
- 7 eggs, seperated shopping list
- 1 teaspoon vanilla (5 ml) shopping list
- Filling: shopping list
- caramel condesed milk or cooked condensed milk shopping list
- Icing: shopping list
- 1/4 cup + 3 tablespoons soft butter (100 ml) shopping list
- 4 cups icing sugar (1000 ml) shopping list
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder (125 ml) shopping list
- 2 tablespoons milk (25 ml) shopping list
- 2 teaspoons vanilla (10 ml) shopping list
How to make it
- Mix boiling water and cocoa.
- Set aside to cool down.
- Sift flour, salt and baking powder.
- Stir in the sugar.
- Seperate the eggs.
- Pour the egg yolks into the same bowl of the cocoa mixture.
- Pour the oil, vanilla, honey and brandy into the cocoa mixture.
- Mix well.
- Whisk the egg whites.
- Mix cocoa mixture with flour mixture very well.
- Fold in the egg whites.
- Pour into cake pans.
- Bake at 360 deg F (180 deg C) for 30 minutes.
- Let it cool down.
- Filling:
- Put caramel or cooked condensed milk in the middle.
- Icing:
- Sift icing sugar.
- Add the icing sugar bit by bit to the butter while mixing.
- Add cocoa powder.
- Mix well.
- Add milk and vanilla.
- Mix well.
- Add a bit more milk if mixture seems to stiff.
- Put over cake.
The Rating
Reviewed by 8 people-
this looks delicious! thanks, I´ll make it soon!
magali777 in Mexico loved it -
What a wonderful recipe Liezel.... Mmmmm....... it seems irresistible! Super 5!
berry in Myrtle Beach loved it -
Sounds great, you have my five, will be trying this one out. Love a good chocolate cake.
henrie in Savannah loved it
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