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Who does not love a chocolate cake? Better yet, who does not love a chocolate cake
endorsed by the heart foundation?
No blocked arteries were caused in the sampling of the next recipe....
Find your class bakers and get them to try this out.
Serves 20
INGREDIENTS:
Ÿ 360 g
3 cups
(750 ml) cake our
Ÿ 245 g 1
¼ cups
(310 ml) sugar
Ÿ 16 g
4 tsp
(20 ml) baking powder
Ÿ 4 g 1 tsp
(5 ml) bicarbonate of soda
Ÿ 36 g
6 tbsp (90 ml) cocoa powder
Ÿ 500 g
2 cups
(500 ml) hot water
Ÿ 125 g
½ cup
(125 ml) buttermilk
Ÿ 60 g
5 tbsp (75 ml) sunower oil
Ÿ 30 g
2 tbsp (30 ml) white grape vinegar
Ÿ
2 tsp
(10 ml) vanilla essence
CHOCOLATE TOPPING:
Ÿ 120 g
150 ml
sugar
Ÿ 300 ml
water
Ÿ 15 g
1 tbsp (15 ml) soft tub margarine
Ÿ 24 g
¼ cup
(60 ml) cocoa powder
Ÿ
½ tsp
(2,5 ml) vanilla essence
Ÿ 23 g
3 tbsp (45 ml) cornour
Ÿ 6 g 1 tbsp (15 ml) grated chocolate
METHOD:
Ÿ Preheat oven to a 180 C and line a large rectangular (20 x 30 cm) baking tin or oven dish with
baking paper.
Ÿ Sift all dry ingredients together. Mix the liquids together and gradually fold into the dry ingredients.
Pour batter into tin or dish.
Ÿ Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Remove from the tin and cool.
CHOCOLATE TOPPING:
Ÿ Meanwhile, place all the ingredients, except the chocolate, in a pot and stir over a low heat to
dissolve the sugar.
Ÿ Bring to the boil and simmer gently. Stir until the mixture thickens. Pour over the cooled cake. Sprinkle
with grated chocolate.
TIPS:
Tip 1. Citrus and spice cake: Replace the cocoa in the cake with more cake our and add 1 tsp grated
lemon or orange rind. Use 3 tbsp lemon or orange juice instead of the vinegar. Add 2 tsp ground mixed
spice or cinnamon to the batter. Bake as above and dust with a little icing sugar.
Tip 2. Cupcakes: Halve the recipe above. Line a 12-hole cupcake pan with paper cups. Spoon cake
batter into the cups and bake for 15-20 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Make only half the
topping.
Tip 3. Dust cake with icing sugar or cocoa instead of the topping, if preferred.
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