Chocolate Cake
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Recipe Intro From foodbyremi
This classic cake recipes uses ingredients you probably have in your pantry. The simple cake is topped with a layer of dark chocolate ganache to dress things up a bit.
Want more bundt cake recipes? Try our Vanille & Nutella Bundt Cake or a Lemon Poppy Seed Bundt Cake!
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ingredients
Cake
- 115 grams plain flour
- 100 grams brown sugar
- 75 grams caster sugar
- 45 grams cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 egg
- 125 ml milk
- 65 ml vegetable or sunflower oil
- 125 ml boiling water
ingredients
Ganache
- 300 ml double cream
- 200 grams dark chocolate
Method
Step 1
Preheat your oven to 180 degrees celsius and line a 20cm cake tin with butter and flour.
Step 2
In a large bowl add your flour and sugars and mix until combined.
Step 3
To the same bowl add your chocolate powder, oil, milk and egg to emulsify the chocolate powder.
Step 4
Whisk thoroughly until combined it might be a bit thick but it will loosen up with the next step!
Step 5
Once combined, add your boiling water and whisk, your cake mixture will be very liquidy but this is what gives it a fudgy texture.
Step 6
Add cake mixture to the pre-lined cake tin and bake for 20-25 minutes.
Step 7
While the cake is baking, chop the dark chocolate into small chunks and heat up the double cream, the double cream will be hot enough once it starts to boil.
Step 8
Immediately, the double cream starts to boil pour over the chocolate then whisk until smooth and glossy and allow to cool for 10 minutes.
Step 9
Once cooled pour over cake and enjoy!