Delicious Chocolate Cake

Delicious Chocolate Cake with awesome Ganache topping and chocolate balls as decoration

Delicious Chocolate Cake

• Author: EsmeSalon.com
• Prep Time: 15 minutes
• Cooling Time: 30 minutes
• Cook Time: 30 minutes
• Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
• Yield: 1 cake (2 layers) 1x
• Category: Cake, Cupcakes, Cookies and Tarts

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Ingredients

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Cake Batter

• 2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 3/4 cup cocoa
• 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• Pinch salt
• 1 cup milk
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 1 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup oil
• 1 cup hot water
• 2 eggs

Icing

• 2 cups icing sugar
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 150 g butter
• 1/4 cup cream

ALTERNATIVE: Ganache Topping

• 1/2 cup fresh cream
• 2 slabs plain chocolate, broken into pieces.

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Instructions

Batter Method:

Preheat oven to 180 degrees.

In a large bowl, sift flour and baking powder, cocoa powder.

Add the rest of the dry ingredients.

Then, add eggs, vanilla, oil, and milk.

Mix with an electric beater for 1 minute.

Then add water, mix well.

Pour the batter into 2 greased baking tins.

Bake for 25 to 30 mins.

Icing:

Mix well together with an electric beater!

Ganache Topping:

Heat cream until it reaches a simmer, do not boil.

Pour over broken chocolate pieces.

Mix well until it's well blended.

Once it's cooled, pour over the cooled cake gently.

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Notes

Prepared, tried, and tested by Jennifer Govender Bisnath from The Recipe Hunter: Tried and Tested Recipes From Home Chefs as well as SA Tasty Recipes – Saffas Daily Recipes

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Nutrition

• Serving Size: 1
• Calories: 508
• Sugar: 40
• Sodium: 182
• Fat: 27
• Saturated Fat: 11
• Unsaturated Fat: 14
• Trans Fat: 1
• Carbohydrates: 61
• Fiber: 2
• Protein: 6
• Cholesterol: 77

Keywords: Cake, chocolate ganache cake

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History of the Chocolate Cake

Chocolate cake is made with chocolate. It can also include other ingredients. These include fudge, vanilla creme, and other sweeteners.
The history of chocolate cake goes back to 1764 when Dr. James Baker discovered how to make chocolate by grinding cocoa beans between two massive circular millstones.
In 1828, Coenraad van Houten of the Netherlands developed a mechanical extraction method for extracting the fat from cacao liquor resulting in cacao butter and the partly defatted cacao, a compacted mass of solids that could be sold as it was “rock cacao” or ground into powder.
The processes transformed chocolate from an exclusive luxury to an inexpensive daily snack.

I quote: Wikipedia but continue to read the rest of this Chocolate Cake story

Now we know something about Chocolate Cake, but what’s the origin of Cake?

The word cake is of Viking origin, derived from the Norse word “kaka.” The first cakes ever made are actually quite different from the ones we eat today

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Chocolate Cake Day (27th January) How to celebrate Chocolate Cake Day

Now I wish to also invite you to a New Facebook Group called SA Tasty Recipes – Saffas Daily Recipes

We are a fun group and would love all South African and ex-pats to come and join us and to share RECIPES, TIPS, AND TRICKS, and we encourage open (polite and friendly) discussion in the group. We encourage you all to share those awesome daily recipes you still enjoy and make at home, wherever, or whatever place you find yourself at present and call home.

The main purpose behind this group is to create a catchment area (potjie) of authentic and classic South African cooking and baking recipes and to learn how you made it your own and enjoy true South African spirit.

We obviously still have the original and well-loved The Recipe Hunter: Tried and Tested Recipes From Home Chefs and here anybody can come and join us.

Yes, so lots of places to connect, and I hope to find some of you looking me up!

Conclusion:

Do not forget to try out this delicious Chocolate Cake on Chocolate Cake Day (27th January) and let me know what you think of it 

Obviously, we have lots of chocolate cake recipes for you to choose from

• Chocolate cake with Ganache
• Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Cream Cheese Ganache