Chocolate cake recipe

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  • Cuisine: Modern Australian

This cake won me the third place at the Bream Creek Show. I was so excited I didn’t stop bragging about it for a week.

If you enjoyed this chocolate cake recipe, you might also like our Moroccan chocolate cake, which calls for dates and almonds.

Ingredients

125g butter, softened
150g brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
3 eggs
100g dark chocolate, melted
100g sour cream
2 tbsp cocoa
100g self-raising flour
125g almond meal

Ganache
100mls cream
250g chocolate, broken into small bits
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Preparation

Preheat the oven to 170°C. Grease and line a 22cm springform cake tin or similar.

Cream the butter and sugar with the vanilla. Beat in the eggs one at time. If the mix looks a bit curdled, don’t worry, it isn’t; it’ll come back together when we add the flour, if not before. Beat in the chocolate, then the sour cream until just combined. Fold in the sifted cocoa and flour and then the almond meal. Scrape into the cake tin and smooth the top a bit. Bake in preheated oven for about 40 mins or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Ice with the ganache (see below).

Ganache
Heat the cream in a small saucepan and when it comes to the boil, whisk in the chocolate, returning to the heat if necessary to melt it. Stir until the mixture is smooth. Allow to set just enough to be able to spread over the cake.

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Comments (6)

   
10 Sep 2011 01:20 AEST
Alex
I made this cake just recently + it was absolutely to die for, as mentioned earlier it didn't rise quite so much, I assume it was to due issues of not 'folding' the cream in properly with sufficient air. Better luck next time, cannot wait to eat some again!!
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05 Apr 2010 03:08 AEST
julie
north haven
chocolate cake
I made this cake exactly to the recipe but it did not rise as much as Mathews it only rose about 1" around the sides and a bit higher in the middle...does anyone know what i did wrong, i baked it at 170 degrees fan forced for 40 minutes.....bit disappointed
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13 Mar 2010 05:43 AEST
Karin
Michelle, I haven't made this cake yet but you could try sunflower seed or linseed and grounding them in a food processor as a substitute for the almond meal. Anything with similar consistency/texture as the almond meal would probably work.
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05 Mar 2010 06:57 AEST
Michelle
Looking for the best chocolate cake but, if you have a nut issue what can you subsitute the almond meal with?
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19 Feb 2010 05:25 AEST
Love this show
I've baked this cake and everyone loved it, and I loved it too! I've already made at least 2 times in a month.
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15 Feb 2010 02:57 AEST
heidi
shell made this cake and it's the best thing in the fridge OH YES!
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