American Chocolate Butter Cake Recipe

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A Slice of Chocolate Butter Cake

Baking Summary

  • Oven temperature: 180°C
  • Baking duration: 45 minutes
  • Mould size: 9"

    • Ingredients

    Chocolate Butter Cake

    A

  • 20 g of Chocolate Emulco
  • 50 g of Cocoa Powder
  • 200 ml of Warm Water

    • B

  • 250 g of Butter
  • 300 g of Castor
  • ˝ tsp of Sugar Salt

    • C

  • 240 g of Eggs (around 4 grade A eggs)
  • 1 tsp of Vanilla Essence

    • D

  • 250 g of Superfine Flour
  • ˝ tsp of Sodium Bicarbonate
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder

    • Chocolate Ganache

  • 50 g of Glucose Syrup
  • 500 g of Fresh Cream
  • 500 g of Cooking Chocolate
  • 50 g of Butter

    • Directions

    Butter Cake Preparation

    1. Combine all ingredients (A) and mix well.
    2. Beat ingredients (B) until light and creamy and add in ingredients (C).
    3. Fold in sifted ingredients (D) and mixture from Step 1 and mix well.
    4. Pour batter into a 9" mould and balm 50-60 minutes. Remove and leave to cool.

    Ganache Preparation

    1. Put all ingredients in a double-boiler, stir and cook until melted.
    2. Cut chocolate cake into 3 layers.
    3. Spread chocolate cream on all the layers of cake and stack up neatly.
    4. Then spread chocolate cream over the whole cake and decorate with walnuts.
    5. Chill the cake in the fridge for few hours before serving.

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