MOIST CHOCOLATE CAKE

This Recipe Serves 5-6

Who doesn’t love a Moist Chocolate Cake? This Moist Chocolate Cake recipe will have you baking it ever so often.

One bite & you’ll see why this velvety beauty is worth making. This cake is so moist & by far the best chocolate cake I’ve ever tasted thanks to my trial & errors in creating this recipe.

Moist Chocolate Cake Ingredients:

• 2 cups all purpose or cake flour
  
• ½ cup cocoa powder
• 2 cups castor sugar
• 50 grams (4 tablespoons) butter
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 ½ teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
• 2 eggs
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup boiling water
• 2 ½ teaspoons instant coffee granules
• 1 cup milk

For the topping:

• 150 grams milk chocolate
• 4 tablespoons milk or fresh cream

Method:

1. 1. Preheat oven to 180° Celsius or 356° Fahrenheit.
   2. Prepare a baking tin by greasing it with a little spraying oil or butter & set aside.
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   4. Next, add the butter to a microwave safe bowl.
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   6. Heat the butter in the microwave for 30 seconds or until the butter has melted. Set aside & allow to cool.
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   8. Thereafter, add the all purpose or cake flour, baking powder & the bicarbonate of soda to a mixing bowl.
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   10. Add in the castor sugar.
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   12. Next, add in the cocoa powder & the salt.
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   14. Mix all of the dry ingredients well & set aside whilst we prepare the wet ingredients.
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   16. To a heat-resistant bowl, add in the instant coffee granules.
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   18. Pour in the boiling water.
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   20. Thereafter, pour in the milk. One large coffee done, don’t drink it though, it’s for the cake!
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   22. Pour the vegetable oil & vanilla essence to the coffee mix.
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   24. Remember the melted butter from the beginning? Add the melted butter to the coffee mix.
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   26. Add in the eggs & mix well until everything is well incorporated.
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   28. Add the wet ingredients (coffee mixture) to the dry ingredients (flour mixture).
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   30. Combine well but do not over mix. It should form a rich & chocolatey cake batter.
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   32. Pour the chocolate cake batter into the prepared baking tin.
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   34. Bake for 30-35 minutes at 180° Celsius or 356° Fahrenheit.
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   36. Gently stick a skewer or a knife through the cake, if it comes out clean then your Moist Chocolate Cake is ready, if not then allow it to bake for a few minutes longer with supervision.
   37. Allow the cake to sit in the baking tin for at least 10 minutes before flipping it over. This cake is super moist & fragile so if you remove it from the pan whilst still hot, it will break.
   38. After 10 minutes, flip the cake over.
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   40. Allow the cake to cool, in the time being, prepare the chocolate ganache.
   41. Break the chocolate into pieces & add to a microwave safe bowl. I used Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate for this ganache.
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   43. 
   44. Next, add in the milk or fresh cream.
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   46. Heat in the microwave for 30 seconds. Remove & give it a mix until a smooth ganache forms.
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   48. Thereafter, spread the chocolate ganache over the cake.
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   50. Using a big knife, carefully slice the cake into cubes or however you prefer.
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   52. Plate & serve this delicious Moist Chocolate Cake as is or with a side of whipped cream or ice cream.
   53. 
   54. Notice how moist the inside of this chocolate cake is.
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   56. Store this Moist Chocolate Cake in an airtight container in a cool place for up to 1 week.
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