Chokoladekage (Chocolate Cake)
This chocolate cake is moist, fluffy, and very chocolatey - top it with a rich and decadent ganache and it's the perfect dessert!
Ingredients
CAKE
- 2 large eggs (room temperature)
- 200 grams granulated sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 120 grams all purpose flour
- 80 grams cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 120 ml vegetable oil
- 60 ml coffee or espresso (you can also dissolve 1 tsp instant coffee in 60 ml water)
- 60 ml milk
GANACHE
- 113 grams chopped chocolate
- 120 ml heavy cream
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
CAKE
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Grease a 9-inch round cake tin with butter and line with parchment paper.
- Add eggs and sugar to the bowl of a stand mixer or a mixing bowl. Beat eggs and granulated sugar together until light in color and doubled or tripled in size. Use a stand mixer with a whisk attachment, or an electric hand mixer – it will be more difficult to whisk by hand, but it can be done!
- Add in vanilla extract and mix to combine.
- Combine the dry ingredients in a bowl: flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt.
- Combine oil, coffee, and milk in a separate bowl or container.
- Alternate mixing in the dry and wet ingredients to the batter, adding in half the ingredients each time. Be sure to sift in the dry ingredients to avoid lumps. Mix on low speed between additions.
- Once the batter is combined, pour it into the lined cake tin.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes, until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. It can be hard to tell when chocolate cake is done, but try not to overbake or the cake may be dry!
GANACHE
- Make chocolate ganache by heating your cream until just below boiling. Pour the cream over your chopped chocolate and stir gently until the chocolate has melted. Leave to cool at room temperature or put it in the fridge to set up faster! If you find that it is too solid from the fridge, put it in the microwave for just a few seconds at a time until you can stir it again.
- Once your cake has fully cooled, top with ganache - we like to add little swirls for decoration!
