Chocolate cake
From: The People's Cookbook
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Chocolate cake
- Prep time:
- 20 mins, plus 15 mins cooling
- Cook time:
- 1 hrs 45 mins
- Serves:
- makes 1 x 20cm cake
An indulgent chocolate cake covered with a chocolate ganache from Jill Brand
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Ingredients
- 80g good quality Cocoa powder
- 300 ml boiling water
- 250g Butter
- 550g light muscovado sugar
- 4 Eggs, beaten
- 400g plain flour
- 1 tsp Bicarbonate of soda
- 1/2 tsp Baking powder
For the chocolate covering
- 300ml double cream
- 400g dark chocolate, minimum 60% cocoa solids, broken into small pieces
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 180ºC / gas 4. Line the base and sides of a 20 cm springform cake tin, with baking parchment.2. Place the cocoa in a pan and slowly add the boiling water, stirring until smooth. Add the butter and sugar and warm over a low heat until the ingredients have melted together. Remove from the heat and allow the mixture to cool slightly, then gradually add the eggs, beating them in.
3. Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda and baking powder together and fold into the cocoa mixture. Do this thoroughly until it has an even colour – the mixture will be very sloppy. Pour it into the prepared tin and bake for between 1 hour and 1 hour 45 minutes, until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. When the cake is baked, remove it from the oven and allow it to cool in the tin for 15 minutes. Then turn it upside down onto a cooling rack and leave it to cool completely. This will give a level finish to the cake.
4. For the chocolate covering: heat the cream in a pan to boiling point. Remove it from the heat and add the chocolate; stir until it has melted and is blended with the cream. Leave the mixture to cool until it has thickened enough to coat the back of a spoon, then spread over the cake. Put it in the fridge to set before serving.
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View all comments (9)Having tried this cake as per the recipe, I found that it was too dry and had to reduce the timings to 1 hour - then it was delicious! Thoroughly recommend this to everyone to try
I made this cake for my friends birthday it went down a treat, it was scrumptious loved it:)
this is the first cake i have ever made and it turned out fab, can't wait to make it again :o)))
This is an easy recipe to follow, I made it with the kids. I left mine in for 1hr&15min but next time I'll give it just the hour. It's not dry but i like it a little moister. Also it's Huge so next time i might make it as muffins & freeze half. Yummy cake :)
I baked this cake also and it cooked in under an hour. this is just delicious and will def bake this again, the ganache is just yum!
I have made this twice and both times it cooked in under an hour so keep watch. The ganache was a little runny so I thickened it with icing sugar. Makes a lovely moist cake yum or lush as my sister called it
A disaster. And an expensive one. Mine cooked in 75 minutes and the ganache topping curdled. Still I'm sure the birds will enjoy it.
This cake is perfection. I am always making this and it has proved very popular with family and friends. Absolutely the best chocolate cake ever!! Thank you for sharing the recipe.
this is my first time of trying out this recipe and it was perfect. The taste was fantastic. It is so easy and convinent and taste really great. i was really suprised it could be that perfect and tasty. I have loves baking and cooking because of the creativity involed, it has given me so much passion because i love making people happy and i believe the best way to put smiles on the face of others is mainly through the food they eat. This is one of the reason for the great passion that burns in me every moment. I am so happy about this recipe. Everything about the out come is so perfect. My church members and friend will definately love it. Thank you so much.