Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, rich chocolate cake. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Rich Chocolate cake is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They are nice and they look wonderful. Rich Chocolate cake is something which I have loved my entire life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have rich chocolate cake using 16 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Rich Chocolate cake:
- Take Cake
- Get 230 grams Self raising flour
- Prepare 50 grams Cocoa powder
- Get 240 grams Softened butter
- Prepare 240 grams Caster sugar
- Make ready 1/2 dozen Eggs (beaten)
- Get 2 tsp Baking powder
- Take 30 ml Water
- Prepare 1/2 can sliced peaches
- Prepare Chocolate ganache icing
- Prepare 300 grams Dark chocolate
- Make ready 300 ml Double cream
- Make ready 5 ml Vanilla essence
- Make ready 3 tbsp Fruit jam
- Prepare Topping (optional)
- Take 1/2 box strawberries
Instructions to make Rich Chocolate cake:
- Preheat oven to 160°C/325°F/Gas Mark 3. Grease and line cake tin.
- Mix the softened butter, sugar and cocoa powder in a bowl
- Lightly beat eggs and finely mash peaches in separate bowls
- Slowly add eggs and peaches to cocoa mix, stirring continously
- Fold in flour and baking powder bit by bit, whisking mixture in between.
- Spoon into cake tin and bake for 40-45 mins or until risen and springy to touch. Cool upside down on a wire rack for 15 mins and turn out and set aside to cool completely.
- To make icing, break chocolate into a heatproof bowl and pour in cream and vanilla essence. Melt over a pan of simmering water
- Cool icing, stirring occasionally. Chill lightly until it thickens.
- Split cake in half. Spread jam on one half and half of the icing on the other.
- Sandwich the two halves together and spread rest of icing on top, swirling it attractively with the tip of a table knife. Decorate as desired. I personally like to slice strawberries and place them neatly on the top but whatever works for you.
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