Chocolate cake.
Hello everybody, it's John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I'm gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, chocolate cake. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Chocolate cake is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it's quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Chocolate cake is something that I have loved my whole life. They're fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chocolate cake using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Chocolate cake:
- {Prepare of cake.
- {Prepare of plain flour.
- {Make ready of caster sugar.
- {Get of cocoa powder.
- {Make ready of baking powder.
- {Get of bicarbonate of soda.
- {Make ready of eggs.
- {Get of milk.
- {Prepare of vegetable oil.
- {Get of vanilla extract.
- {Take of boiling water.
- {Get of chocolate icing.
- {Make ready of plain chocolate.
- {Prepare of double cream.
Steps to make Chocolate cake:
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Grease and line two 20cm/8in sandwich tins..
- For the cake, place all of the cake ingredients, except the boiling water, into a large mixing bowl. Using a wooden spoon, or electric whisk, beat the mixture until smooth and well combined..
- Add the boiling water to the mixture, a little at a time, until smooth. (The cake mixture will now be very liquid.).
- Divide the cake batter between the sandwich tins and bake in the oven for 25-35 minutes, or until the top is firm to the touch and a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean..
- Remove the cakes from the oven and allow to cool completely, still in their tins, before icing..
- For the chocolate icing, heat the chocolate and cream in a saucepan over a low heat until the chocolate melts. Remove the pan from the heat and whisk the mixture until smooth, glossy and thickened. Set aside to cool for 1-2 hours, or until thick enough to spread over the cake..
- To assemble the cake, run a round-bladed knife around the inside of the cake tins to loosen the cakes. Carefully remove the cakes from the tins..
- Spread a little chocolate icing over the top of one of the chocolate cakes, then carefully top with the other cake..
- Transfer the cake to a serving plate and ice the cake all over with the chocolate icing, using a palette knife..
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