Who doesn't love a delicious slice of moist chocolate cake?
This recipe will teach you how to prepare delicious, moist buttermilk chocolate cake that is quick and easy to make and taste of chocolate paradise as well.
Enjoy!
Ingredients:
- 30g butter (melted)
- cocoa powder (for coating)
- 500ml cake flour
- 500ml white sugar
- pinch of salt
- 5ml bicarbonate of soda
- 125g butter
- 250ml water
- 125ml sunflower oil
- 125ml cocoa powder, sifted
- 2 extra large eggs
- 125ml buttermilk or plain yoghurt
Ingredients: Icing
- 200g chocolate
Instructions:
1. Brush a large ring pan with the melted butter and then coat with cocoa powder. Put in the freezer until required.
2. For the cake, sift together the flour, sugar, salt and bicarbonate of soda in a large mixing bowl.
3. Heat the butter, water, oil and cocoa powder together in a small saucepan.
4. Stir to combine, bring to a boil, then immediately remove from the heat and cool slightly.
5. Pour the liquid into the flour mixture and mix well.
6. Whisk together the eggs and buttermilk, then add to the flour mixture.
7. Pour into the prepared pan and bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 25-30 minutes.
8. Remove from the oven and cool in the pan before turning out on a wire rack.
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Instructions: Icing
1. Melt the chocolate and cream in a bowl in the microwave for 1 minute.
2. Mix until smooth, and then pour over the cake.
3. Serve with strawberries piled in the middle.
Note: This cake does have the tendency to stick to the pan so make sure you grease and flour the pan well.
Also don't turn it out too soon as it is fragile and can break apart.