Chocolate Cake Recipe - Delicious on its own

Chocolate Cake Recipe – Deliciously rich

One can never have enough chocolate cake recipes!
No matter how many versions I have, I still continue to experiment and try new recipes.
This is a very light and spongy cake. Deliciously rich on its own. If you are a chocolate lover try it with my Chocolate Ganache recipe or try my buttercream frosting instead.

If you notice I have given you two different methods to make it.
The first method will give you a slightly more lighter and airy cake, and
The second lazy method will give you a slightly less light cake.
Both are equally delicious. And I’ve tired both method (yup the lazy one too!)

Makes two 9" cake layers.

Chocolate Cake - Recipe I

200 grams  (7 oz.) Chocolate (see note)
200 grams (7 oz.) unsalted Butter
200 grams  (1 ¾ cup)  All-purpose flour
240 grams Dark Brown Sugar  ( about 1 ¼ cup)
4 large eggs
1 tsp. Baking powder
½ tsp. Baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1tsp Vanilla extract
¾ cup buttermilk (or ¾ cup milk with 1 tbsp. vinegar left for half hour before use)

 

First Method
Prepare your pans for baking.
Melt Butter and Chocolate in a Microwave safe bowl. Starting with 1 min on high and then at 20 sec intervals as needed. Once melted add in the sugar and stir well. Set aside to cool.

In a bowl sift the flour, baking powder and baking soda and salt. 

Now add the flour mixture and buttermilk to the chocolate mixture alternating each other.

Place the eggs in your electric mixture with the whisk attachment and whisk until soft peaks form, add vanilla essence.

Next fold in the egg mixture with the chocolate mixture very carefully; it might appear that all the air from the eggs has be deflated but you will also see that the batter is light and fluffy.

Immediately pour the batter into two cake pan and bake for about 45 to 55 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Cool and decorate with your favorite frosting.

Lazy Method

Prepare your pans for baking.
Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a bowl.
Melt Butter and chocolate in the microwave.
Add sugar until well incorporated.
Add eggs one at a time.
Add Vanilla
Add the buttermilk
Add flour.

Pour mixture into prepared baking pan and bake for 45 to 55 minutes until a tooth pick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Cool and decorate. I hope you enjoy my recipe.
Until next time. Happy cake decorating.
Veena

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