Chocolate Cake
Super rich and simple chocolate cake recipe that makes extremely moist cake topped with ganache frosting. This is the best chocolate cake ever!
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 50 min
- Yield
- 12 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 200 g (7 oz) dark chocolate
- 250 g (9 oz) unsalted butter
- 180 g (6⅓) castor sugar (fine sugar)
- 4 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons chocolate powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 220 g (7⅗ oz) cake flour (sifted)
- 250 ml fresh full milk
- 200 g dark chocolate
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 50 g unsalted butter
- strawberries
- powdered sugar
Instructions
- 1
Melt the dark chocolate in a double boiler and set it aside to cool.
- 2
Beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Pour in the melted chocolate, cocoa powder, baking powder, and baking soda.
- 3
Fold in the cake flour in three batches, alternating with the fresh milk.
- 4
Pour the batter into an 8-inch (20 cm) rectangular or round cake pan. Bake in a preheated oven at 160°C (320°F) for about 50 minutes. Test with a cake tester to ensure it comes out clean. Remove the chocolate cake from the oven and let it cool.
- 5
Ganache Topping: