New Zealand Chocolate Cake

This New Zealand Chocolate cake recipe is so simple and gives a perfect chocolate cake every-time. It is moist and has the perfect texture. We love that it requires only 1 egg and a 1/4 cup butter so its quite economical too!!

New Zealand Chocolate Cake

Ingredients:

• ¼ cup/50 g butter
• 1 Tbsp golden syrup or use Maple Syrup
• 1 egg
• ½ cup /100 gms sugar
• 1 Tbsp cocoa powder
• 1 cup/ 137 gms flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp vanilla essence
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ¾ cup /177.75mL milk

For Cream Icing

• 5 Tbsp brown sugar
• 5 Tbsp cream
• 2 Tbsp butter
• 3 squares of your favorite chocolate

Method:

• Pre-heat oven to 190º c/375 ºF
• Grease and sprinkle flour in an 8 “/20cm round cake . Shake of extra flour.
• Melt butter and syrup in a small saucepan.
• Sift cocoa, flour and BAKING POWDER together.→ set aside
• Dissolve BAKING SODA in milk.→ set aside
• Whisk egg and sugar well till light lemon yellow color.
• Add the melted butter mixture to the whisked egg and sugar  and whisk again.
• Fold in the dry, sifted ingredients into the egg mixture till incorporated.
• Next Fold the milk mixture into the egg mixture  till smoothly incorporated.
• pour mixture into prepared pan and bake for 30 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched.
• Allow to rest in the tin for 5 minutes, then turn out onto wire rack.
• You may add the cream frosting while warm or wait till cool.

Cream Icing:

• In a small saucepan, combine the butter, sugar, cream and chocolate→ Boil 2- 3 minutes till thickened and pour over the cake. Sprinkle chocolate shavings atop.

Notes:

• You  may add nuts to the batter. you may also  choose other toppings over the icing.
• This cake is perfect served with vanilla icecream. We use chocolate sauce and nuts to top our icecream.

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