Printable Recipe
Chocolate Cake
Chocolate Cake — Line a 32x37cm baking sheet with parchment paper.
Cook time
2 hours
Servings
24
Ingredients
17
Steps
14
Filed under: baked, baking, cake, chocolate, dessert, over 1 hour.
Source channel: Leckeres und einfaches Essen
Key ingredients
eggs, pinch of salt, sugar, flour, warm milk.
Ingredients
- 5 eggs
- a pinch of salt
- 120g (0.6 cups) sugar
- 160g (1 cup) flour
- 50ml (1/5 cup) warm milk
- 1 egg
- 16g (2 tsp) vanilla sugar
- 50g (1/4 cup) sugar
- 25g (2.5 tbsp) cornstarch
- 250ml (1 cup) milk
- 100ml (2/5 cup) milk
- 2 tsp sugar
- 150g chocolate
- 150g (3/4 cup) heavy cream (30% fat)
- 150g (2/3 cup) softened butter
- blackberries (optional)
- powdered sugar
Method
- Line a 32x37cm baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a bowl, whisk together 5 eggs and a pinch of salt.
- Gradually add 120g sugar and 160g flour, then mix in 50ml warm milk.
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (356°F) and bake the mixture for about 15 minutes.
- In another pan, mix 1 egg, 16g vanilla sugar, 50g sugar, 25g cornstarch, and 250ml milk.
- Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thickened.
- Cover with plastic wrap and let cool.
- Cut the cooled cookie into 4 strips (about 7 cm each).
- In a separate bowl, heat 150g chocolate with 150g heavy cream until melted.
- Set aside about 1/3 of the melted chocolate.
- Mix softened butter with the remaining melted chocolate.
- Refrigerate for 2 hours.
- Spread the remaining chocolate around the edges of the cooled cake.
- Decorate with blackberries if desired and dust with powdered sugar.