Luscious chocolate layer cake
Apr 29, 2014 2:00pm- 30 mins preparation
- 25 mins cooking
- Serves 8
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Ingredients
Icing
- 125 gram dark chocolate, broken into small pieces
- 60 gram unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoon instant espresso granules, dissolved in 2 tbsp boiling water.
Chocolate cream
- 100 gram dark chocolate (70 per cent cocoa), broken into small pieces
- 200 millilitre sour cream
Luscious chocolate layer cake
- 125 gram unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 1/3 cup (300g) caster sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 2/3 cup (270g) plain flour, sifted
- 230 millilitre buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup (50g) cocoa power, sifted
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon bicarbonate soda
Method
Luscious chocolate layer cake
- 1Preheat oven to 190°C (170°C fan). Butter 3 x 20cm round springform cake tins and line bases with baking paper.
- 2To make cakes, place butter and sugar in a bowl and use an electric mixer to beat until light and fluffy.
- 3Add eggs, one at a time, making sure the first is well incorporated before adding the next.
- 4Add flour in 3 batches, alternating with half the buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour. Add salt, vanilla and cocoa.
- 5In a separate bowl, combine vinegar and bicarb, then beat into batter.
- 6Divide mixture between tins. Bake for 20-25 mins, or until cakepulls away from sides of tins and a skewer comes out clean. Cool on a rack for 10mins, then turn out to cool completely, right-side up.
- 7To assemble, spread half the chocolate cream on first layer, then place second layer on top and spread with remaining chocolate cream. Place third layer on top.
Chocolate cream
- 8Place chocolate in a bowl and set over a saucepan of simmering water. Making sure base of bowl doesn't touch water.
- 9When chocolate is nearly melted, remove bowl to a cool surface and stir until chocolate has melted completely and starts to cool.
- 10Beat sour cream into chocolate, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hrs.
Icing
- 11Melt chocolate and butter in a small saucepan over low heat. Stirring until smooth. Stir in coffee mixture.
- 12Spread icing over top of cake with an offset spatula. Leave to set for 1 hour.
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