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Homemade Chocolate Cake
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An easy and delicious chocolate cake filled with chocolate cream, perfect for beginners.
00:40:00 total
Serves 8
easy
Decadent Dessert
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Ingredients
- eggs - 3 (room temperature)
- sugar - 200 grams (granulated)
- vanilla - 5 grams (extract)
- oil - 125 grams (vegetable or canola)
- milk - 120 ml (cold)
- flour - 125 grams (all-purpose)
- cocoa powder - 22 grams (raw, unsweetened)
- baking powder - 10 grams (for leavening)
- Chantilly cream - 90 grams (for filling)
- cream cheese - 250 grams (softened)
- powdered sugar - 63 grams (for sweetness)
- milk chocolate - 150 grams (melted)
- hot milk - 150 ml (for soaking)
- Nescafe - 1 teaspoon (instant coffee)
- sugar - 1 teaspoon (for coffee)
- butter - 50 grams (for chocolate sauce)
- milk - 100 ml (for chocolate sauce)
Instructions
- Beat Eggs: Beat the eggs with sugar and vanilla for 10 minutes at high speed.
- Add Wet Ingredients: Add milk and oil, then beat at low speed.
- Combine Dry Ingredients: Sift flour, baking powder, and cocoa over the mixture and beat until combined.
- Prepare Baking Tray: Line a tray with baking paper and pour in the batter.
- Bake: Bake in a preheated oven at 160 degrees Celsius for 40 minutes.
- Cool and Slice Cake: Let the cake cool, then slice it into two layers.
- Prepare Filling: Mix Chantilly cream with cold milk until softened.
- Make Chocolate Cream: Whip cream cheese with melted chocolate, powdered sugar, and vanilla, then add Chantilly cream.
- Soak Cake Layers: Melt Nescafe and sugar in hot milk and soak the cake layers.
- Assemble Cake: Layer the cake with cream and soak each layer with milk.
- Refrigerate: Cover and refrigerate the cake overnight.
- Prepare Chocolate Sauce: Melt chocolate and butter in the microwave, let cool, then pour over the cake.
- Decorate: Decorate with grated chocolate and strawberries before serving.
