American Chocolate Cake Recipe

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A slice of American chocolate cake

Ingredients

Chocolate Cake

  • 250 g of butter
  • 370 g of soft brown sugar
  • 1 tsp of vanilla essence
  • 4 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 320 g of plain flour
  • 1 tsp of baking soda
  • 1 tsp of baking powder
  • 100 g of cocoa powder (dissolved in 280 ml of hot water)

    • Chocolate Filling

  • 300 ml of fresh whipping cream
  • 600 g of cooking chocolate (chopped)
    • Heat cream in a double boiler until hot.
    • Add in chocolate and stir until smooth.
    • Cool until chocolate has thickened before usage.

    Cake Topping

  • 50 g of white chocolate (melted, add in one tsp shortening)

    • Preparation

    1. Line and grease a 10" round baking tin. Preheat oven at 170°C.
    2. In an electric mixer, beat butter, sugar and essence until light and fluffy.
    3. Gradually add in eggs until well mixed.
    4. Add in sieved ingredients alternate with cocoa mixture on low speed.
    5. Pour into prepared tin and bake for 1 hour.
    6. Cool cake and slice cake into 3 layers horizontally.
    7. Spread one layer with half of chocolate filling and top with another layer.
    8. Spread with remaining chocolate filling an top with the last layer of cake.
    9. Pour warm chocolate topping and tilt cake around to coat and let the excess flow down the sides.
    10. Place melted white chocolate in a piping bag and pipe a few circuits on surface of the cake.
    11. Use a skewer to create feathery effects.

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