Death by Chocolate Cake
A delicious, plain and easy chocolate cake recipe with drool worthy chocolate butter icing and melted white chocolate.
Death by Chocolate Cake A delicious, plain and easy chocolate cake recipe with drool worthy chocolate butter icing and melted white chocolate. |
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 12servings | 10min |
| Cook Time |
| 20,min |
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Ingredients
- 1cup cake flour
- 1cup white sugar
- 2tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1/4teaspoon salt
- 1/2cup hot water
- 1/2cup cooking oil
- 4large eggsseperated
- 2teaspoons baking powder
- 1teaspoon vanilla essence
- 3cups icing sugar
- 4tablespoons soft butter
- 3tablespoons cocoa powder
- 5ml vanilla essence
- 2tablespoons milk
- 240gr white chocolate
Instructions
- For the cake: In a large mixing bowl mix the flour, sugar, cocoa powder and salt.
- Add the oil and hot water – mix.
- Add the vanilla essence and baking powder – mix.
- Add 4 egg yolks and mix again.
- In a separate mixing bowl, whisk the egg whites until soft peaks forms.
- Fold the egg whites into the batter.
- Divide batter into two cake pans and bake for 20 minutes at 200 degrees Celsius.
- Turn over on a cooling tray and let cool.
- For the chocolate frosting: In a mixing bowl, combine the icing sugar, butter, vanilla and cocoa powder with an electric hand mixer.
- Add the milk little by little until you have the desired thickness.
- Cut each layer into half and spread dark chocolate frosting in between the layers, stacking as you go.
- Top cake with another layer of frosting, and add melted white chocolate.
Recipe Notes
TIP: I always a teaspoon of baking powder to the egg white before I start beating them, it really just ensures that extra fluff when your cake hits the oven.