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Rich Chocolate CakeOver many years of Cake Baking I have tried many different Rich Chocolate Cake recipes which are all great and easy to make but not always getting my taste buds craving for more! So I decided I would create my own recipe for a Rich Chocolate Cake, moist and full of chocolate and many calories! And here it is.175g Plain Flour 50g Tapioca Starch or Flour 75g Cocoa Powder 1½ tsp Baking Powder ¾ tsp Bicarbonate of soda 375ml Boiling milk 100g Dark 70% chocolate chopped fine 1 Large Egg, plus one yolk 75ml Sunflower oil 25g Treacle 2 tsp Vanilla extract Method Heat oven to 180°C (160°C fan-assisted) and line the base of a 20cm diameter, 9cm deep round cake tin (or two shallow ones) with non-stick baking parchment. Weigh and sift all of the dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl. In another bowl, melt the chocolate in the boiling milk, leave to cool for 15 minutes, then beat in the eggs, oil, treacle and vanilla. Whisk the liquid into the dry ingredients for 30 seconds until smooth and pour the batter in to the tin. Bake for 1 hour in a deep tin, 35 – 40 mins in two shallow tins, or until a skewer inserted come out clean. When cold, split, fill and coat top and sides with treacle chocolate fudge frosting.
And now for the Frosting, this is my favorite frosting which I use in all my Rich Chocolate Cake recipes. Be careful as to much of this cake will add a few pounds on! But it is yummy. 2 tbsp Treacle Method In a saucepan, beat together the treacle, sugar, yolks, cocoa, cornflour and milk until the mixture is smooth. Then bring it to the boil, whisking often so it doesn’t scald on the base of the pan. Remove from the heat, beat in the chocolate and enough boiling water to make it smooth and creamy. When just warm, beat in the vanilla and softened butter, a knob at a time. Use immediately to fill and coat the cake as it will firm quickly
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