Chocolate Cake Recipe
Are you looking for a highly accoladed Chocolate Cake recipe? If you have a lot of Milk Product on hand then you know its time to make some Chocolate Cake. This is the most comforting Dessert recipe I have come across. Trust me, you must try this Chocolate Cake recipe.
Summary
Difficulty LevelEasyHealth IndexAverage
Ingredients
3 eggs
170 grams (6 oz.) butter or margarine
170 grams (6 oz.) powdered sugar
1 tablespoon cocoa
1 tablespoon chocolate powder
140 grams (5 oz.) self-raising flour
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1/2 teacup milk (approx.), chocolate butter icing, chocolate glace icing, walnuts, cherries and silver balls for decoration
Directions
Grease and dust a 200 mm. (8") diameter tin.
Sieve the flour, chocolate powder and cocoa together.
In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar very well.
When light and creamy, add eggs, one at a time, beating each time thoroughly.
Fold in all the flour very lightly.
Add milk until the mixture forms a dropping consistency.
Add the vanilla essence.
Pour the mixture into the prepared tin.
Bake in a hot oven at 400°F. for 10 minutes. Thereafter reduce the temperature to 300°F. and bake further for 15 minutes.
Cool the cake and divide into two parts horizontally.
Apply the chocolate butter icing to the top of one of the cake pieces and place the second piece on top.
Spread the glace icing on all sides of the cake and the top.
If you like, decorate by piping a little butter icing. Decorate with walnuts, cherries and silver balls.
Sieve the flour, chocolate powder and cocoa together.
In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar very well.
When light and creamy, add eggs, one at a time, beating each time thoroughly.
Fold in all the flour very lightly.
Add milk until the mixture forms a dropping consistency.
Add the vanilla essence.
Pour the mixture into the prepared tin.
Bake in a hot oven at 400°F. for 10 minutes. Thereafter reduce the temperature to 300°F. and bake further for 15 minutes.
Cool the cake and divide into two parts horizontally.
Apply the chocolate butter icing to the top of one of the cake pieces and place the second piece on top.
Spread the glace icing on all sides of the cake and the top.
If you like, decorate by piping a little butter icing. Decorate with walnuts, cherries and silver balls.
