Bake a Perfect Chocolate Cake recipe idea. A flop proof easy moist chocolate cake to bake for the family and iced with chocolate icing.
Bake a Perfect Chocolate Cake
Bake a Perfect Chocolate Cake recipe idea for a birthday or if you just feel like something sweet and nice for tea time. A moist and easy flop proof oven bake recipe iced with delicious easy chocolate butter icing. A snack or treat for special occasions and family get togethers, such as Fathers and Mothers day and Valentines day.
Which is better for chocolate cake butter or oil?
Butter has water in and when the cake is baked some of it evaporates. The texture of the cake baked with oil is far superior to the cakes baked with butter. Using oils keeps the cake moister and it last longer than a cake baked with butter.
Why are my chocolate cakes always dry?
Baking your cake in to hot an oven and for to long a time will make your cake dry. It is important to have the temperature set correctly and test if done.
How do you make a cake light and fluffy?
- Using cake flour instead of all purpose flour
- Sour cream can be added
- Creaming room temperature butter, not overdoing it.
- Adding baking powder
- Olive oil
- Not over mixing the ingredients
- Not over baking it, which makes it dry
- When done it can be brushed with syrup or other ingredients.
Should you sift flour for cake?
Firstly whisking the flour before measuring it for the cake is essential to get the correct measures needed. To much flour can make the cake dry. Sifting the flour with the baking powders and cocoa, will eliminate the lumps and mix the dry ingredient well, and all together. This will also result in a lighter batter and bake.
Ingredients
- flour
- sugar
- baking powder and baking soda
- eggs
- cocoa powder
- olive oil
- milk and water
View all the amounts and instructions int he recipe attached.
How To
Always add the sugar and oils/butter and whisk them with a mixer until frothy and well mixed. Add eggs one at a time and mix. This means that the sugar would have been dissolved into the wet mixture which makes a huge difference in the cake.
Mixing very well until smooth.
Once the dry ingredients have been sieved, add them to the wet mixture and mix well until all has been well blended. Scoop any dry ingredients that is on the side of the bowl into the wet mix.
Whether mixing with a mixer or by hand is ok. Make sure that there is no dry ingredients left in the mix. Lastly add the cup of hot water and mix, before its poured into baking pans.
Firstly you would of greased and lined the pans you are baking this cake in. Pour in the smooth chocolate cake mixture and place in the oven to bake.
Cooling
Once baked and checked if all is cooked with a skewer. Leave to cool on the cooling rack for about 5 to 10 minutes. Before you remove it from the pan to cool on the rack further.
Leaving this cake to cool while you mix your chocolate icing for the cake.
Frosting
Once you start icing the cake, if its a two teared one, place a lot of icing on one cake for the middle.
Frost the top of the cake and make some twirls or fancy patterns.
You can decorate the cake with cherries and chocolate sprinkles.
This favorite recipe and is made very often for spoils for the kids and of course adults. Never lasts more than a day. Always totally devoured.
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Bake a Perfect Chocolate Cake
Bake a Perfect Chocolate Cake recipe idea. A flop proof easy moist chocolate cake to bake for the family and iced with chocolate icing.
- Prep Time: 20 min
- Cook Time: 30 – 45 min
- Total Time: 65 min
- Category: Desserts,
- Method: Oven Baking
- Cuisine: South African
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups of flour
- 2 cups of sugar
- 3/4 cup of cocoa
- 1 1/2 tsp of baking powder
- 1 1/2 tsp of baking soda
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup of milk
- 1/2 cup of oil
- 2 tsp of vanilla essence
- 1 cup of boiling water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180 deg. C
- Grease and line the baking pans.
- Mix wet ingredients together until smooth and frothy. That’s eggs sugar oil and vanilla essence and a cup of milk.
- Keep the cup of boiled water until last.
- Sift the flour and baking powder and baking soda and cocoa.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet mix and mix with a mixer until all is blended in.
- Lastly add the cup of boiled water into the mixture and pour immediately into the baking pans for the cake.
- Place in the oven and bake at 180 Deg.C 35 to 40 min.
Notes
This cake may also be made as a one pan cake. Also you can include a drop of peppermint essential oil or peppermint flavor in the icing. It will give a lovely fresh taste.
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