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Moist Chocolate Cake

Posted by: Adrian Richardson | 10 August, 2010 - 2:14 PM
Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

CAKE BATTER


1 cup water 


1¼ cups caster sugar 


125g butter 


½ cup Cocoa 


½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 


200 g Dark Chocolate

1¼ cups self raising flour, sifted 


2 eggs, lightly beaten 

Method

1.  Preheat oven to 190ºC conventional or 170ºC fan forced.

2.  Line a 20cm cake pan base with baking paper and lightly grease sides of pan.

3.  Combine water, sugar, butter, cocoa and bicarbonate of soda in medium saucepan; stir over heat, without boiling, until sugar dissolves.

4.  Bring to boil, reduce heat & simmer uncovered for 2 minutes. Pour over chocolate & stir. Cool to room temperature (this takes about 30 minutes).

5.  Add flour and egg and beat until just combined.

6.  Pour into pan and bake for 40 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes then turn onto cooling rack.

7.  Drizzle over chocolate icing.

 

Chocolate & cream cheese frosting

125 gms icing sugar

15 gms cocoa powder

100 gms cream cheese

125 gms unsalted butter

160 gms dark chocolate

 

1. paddle cream cheese & butter until smooth

2. add slowly sifted sugar & cocoa

3. beat

4. pour in chocolate

Serves 10

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