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Everyone likes chocolate cake! If you like simple recipes or are short of time, why not make a simple chocolate cake? It's delicious, easy to make, and takes less than an hour from start to finish.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons cocoa
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup (110g) self-rising flour
- 1 cup (200g) sugar
- 1/2 stick (60g) melted butter
- 1/2 cup (125g) milk
- 1 cup oil
- 1 cup caster/superfine/powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup all-purpose (plain) flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 4 eggs
Steps
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Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. -
Place all ingredients in a bowl.Advertisement -
Beat with an electric beater until the mixture is smooth.- Beat for around three minutes. This is a fairly wet mixture and the beating is important.
- Beat through enough to make a smooth batter but not too much that the air is taken out.
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Pour into grease and base lined (baking paper on the bottom) cake tin. -
Bake for approximately 40 minutes at 325°F (160°C) or until cooked when tested. Test by inserting a clean metal skewer into the center of the cake and when the skewer is pulled out, it should be clean. If there is a sign of batter on the skewer, the cake is not fully cooked.- If the cake is still wet and/or moist when tested place it back in the oven for another 5-10 minutes.
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Add frosting , sprinkles, and any other sorts of decoration.
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Place the mixing bowl out on the bench. -
Pour the oil into the mixing bowl. -
Add the caster/superfine sugar to the oil. -
Mix to combine. The sugar will soak up the oil and won't mix completely. -
Add the cocoa, flour, and baking powder to a separate mixing bowl. Stir to combine. -
Crack the eggs into the oil mixture. Add the flour mixture. Mix to combine. -
Grease or line the baking pan/tin. Pour the batter into the pan. Place in the preheated oven to bake. -
Bake for half an hour or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. -
Remove from the oven using oven mitts. Allow to cool on a wire cooling rack before serving.
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QuestionHow can I make a plain chocolate cake taste good?Maria Short is a Baker and the Owner of Short N Sweet Bakery & Cafe in Hilo, Hawaii. With over 24 years of experience, she specializes in specialty desserts and wedding cakes. She graduated from L’Academie de Cuisine’s Pastry Arts Program with honors and studied at Baltimore International Culinary College. In 2019, Maria competed in the 6th season of the Food Network’s Holiday Baking Championship. In 2010, she had a cake named one of “America’s Most Beautiful Cakes” by Brides magazine.You can make your simple chocolate cake recipe quite tasty by using quality ingredients. Use the top branded chocolate or cocoa powder since the better the ingredients, the more flavored your cake is going to be!
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QuestionWhat will happen if I add too much oil?Lanie BeareCommunity AnswerYour cake will become too greasy and taste disgusting. To avoid this, put the oil in first, and if you pour too much, just dump some of it back into the bottle using a funnel.
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QuestionWhen you say oil, which oil are you talking about?Community AnswerVegetable oil and canola oil are both common options for baking because of their neutral flavor. Be careful with more flavorful oils like coconut oil, olive oil, or sunflower oil, because they can overpower the other flavors in your recipe.
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- If you add too much flour then you can add a little milk or an egg. If it is too wet then add some more flour.Thanks
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- To keep the cake from sticking, grease the pan then coat it with flour and pour the excess out.
- Make sure to measure everything correctly, because it's very important for baking.
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Things You'll Need
Simple Chocolate Cake
- Bowl
- Electric beater
- Greased cake tin - 9"x9" (25cmx25cm) - size doesn't really matter so much
Plain Chocolate Cake
- 2 mixing bowls
- Mixing implement
- Parchment paper
- Cake tin/pan
- Oven mitts
- Toothpick
- Wire cooling rack
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To make a simple chocolate cake, start by putting 1 cup of flour, 1 cup of sugar, 2 tablespoons of cocoa, ½ a stick of melted butter, ½ a cup of milk, and 2 eggs in a bowl. Then, beat the ingredients with a mixer for 3 minutes. Next, pour the mixture into a greased cake pan, and bake it in a 325°F oven for 40 minutes. After 40 minutes, you can test your cake for doneness by inserting a metal skewer into the center. If it comes out with batter on it, you should bake your cake for another 5-10 minutes. You’ll know your cake is done when the skewer comes out clean. To learn how to make a different version of an easy chocolate cake, scroll down!
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