how to make choclate cake at home

IngredientsEdit

• 1 1/2 cup (192 grams) flour
• 1 cup (201 grams) sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon (7 grams) salt
• 1 teaspoon (2 grams) baking soda
• 3 tablespoons (43 grams) cocoa
• 1 tablespoon (15 ml) vinegar
• 6 tablespoons (90 ml) oil
• 1 teaspoon (5 ml) vanilla essence or 2 tsp. (2ml) vanilla extract (optional)
• 1 cup (200 ml) water.          

• Points to remember

  • Melt the chocolate and butter with the coffee in a heavy-based pan.
  • Mix together the flour, bicarbonate of soda, light muscovado sugar, golden caster sugar and cocoa powder in a separate bowl. Break any lumps with your fingertips.
  • Beat the eggs and stir in the buttermilk.
  • Pour the chocolate and egg mixtures into the flour, stirring to a smooth consistency.
  • Pour into your prepared tin and bake in a preheated oven.
  • Chop the chocolate for the ganache.
  • Heat the cream and sugar until nearly boiling and pour over the chopped chocolate.
  • Cut the cake in half or thirds and lift the layer or layers off.
  • Put the bottom layer on your serving dish and spoon on a little ganache over. Repeat with the next layer if you've cut your cake into thirds.
  • Put the top layer on the cake and pour over the remaining ganache.
  • Use a palette knife to smooth it over the surface.
  • Decorate with chocolate curls.
  • 1
    Sift the dry ingredients together. The dry ingredients are: flour, sugar, salt, baking soda, and cocoa. Simply place all the dry ingredients in a sifter and shake it back and forth over a bowl to eliminate the clumps.
  • 2

    Stir in the liquid ingredients and stir well. These are the vinegar, oil, vanilla, water and egg. Some people like to add these ingredients individually, but others stir them together in a second bowl and before adding them to the dry ingredients.
  • 3

    Pour the mixture into an 8-inch greased and floured round pan. The grease and flour will keep the mix from sticking to the pan.
  • 4

    Bake at 350 °F (177 °C). (175 C.) for 30 minutes.
  • 5

    Let the cake cool for 5 minutes.
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    6

    Frost as desired.