Monday, November 04, 2024

Chocolate cake with chocolate sauce

 This has been my favorite cake recently. Its super moist and light texture. Served with a hot chocolate sauce will definitely give a competition to Matilda Cake !!!

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Ingredients:

For the Cake:

  • 1 3/4 cup  flour
  • 3/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp  baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil or coconut oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla essence
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 cup hot coffee
For the Sauce:
  • 1 cup chocolate chips
  • 1 cup whipping cream
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Method:

  1. Whisk the flour, cocoa powder , baking powder, baking soda and salt together in a large bowl
  2. Mix the oil, eggs, vanilla essence  using a hand held mixer.
  3. Add the buttermilk and mix well.
  4. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients.
  5. Add the hot coffee into and mix on a low speed.
  6. Until the batter is thin.
  7. Preheat the oven to 175C.
  8. Divide the batter into two pans. 
  9. Bake for 30 minutes until a tooth pick comes out clean.
  10. Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool
Make the Sauce:
  1. Place the chocolate chips on a bowl.
  2. Heat cream on a stovetop until just simmering.
  3. Pour the cream over the chocolate chips
  4. Let it sit for few minutes.
  5. Stir well until smooth.
Assemble the Cake:
  • Place one layer of cake over a cake stand.
  • And then spread one tbsp of the sauce over it .
  • Top with the second layer of cake over and repeat  with one tbsp of sauce over it.
  • Keep the remaining sauce in the refrigerator. 
At the time of Serving:
  • Warm the remaining sauce  just before serving  and pour over each slice at that time depending one needs.
Enjoy baking
S