Chocolate Sandwich Cake
Monday, February 27th, 2006A lot of people have a love affair with chocolate. I am on a “diet” right now so the only chocolate I can have is in my SlimFast, but once I hit my target, I’ll be sure to try this Chocolate Sandwich Cake Recipe by Eats.com
Whatever the origins, the chocolate cake has always been one of the most irresistible temptations
Chocolate Cake Recipe 2 cups flour 125 grams chocolate (squares) 3 eggs 1 cup softened butter 1 cup sugar 2 tbsp cocoa powder ¼ cup milk
Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Grease two cake tins of 7 inch diameter. Melt the chocolate in a bowl set over a deep pan of boiling water. Cream together butter and sugar and add the eggs one at a time, beating well. Add the melted chocolate and beat till well combined. Sift the flour and cocoa powder together and fold into the chocolate-egg-sugar-butter mix. Don’t beat too much.
After the mixture is blended well, pour into the baking tin . Bake for about 45 minutes, or till well risen, or till well risen.
For the sandwich icing: 100 grams unsalted butter 1 and a ½ cup icing sugar 1 tbsp cocoa powder ½ tsp vanilla essence Beat together all these ingredients to form a light chocolate cream. Use to sandwich the two cakes together. The top layer can be either dusted with castor sugar or cocoa powder, or both, Stencils may be used for decorating further. In Fine Dining New York you can find more recipes available on any outlet.
Source: Eats blog
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