Zaira's Chocolate Cake | Classic Chocolate

Zaira’s Chocolate Cake | Classic Chocolate

Zaira, my eldest, turned 16 on the 13th of March, 2020. Sweet sixteen. My baby girl has always been a sweet soul. She is kind, and always giving us such immense joy, since the day she was born. I used to pray before I had children, to god, to grant me a sweet and dear child for me to love and take care of. This prayer was answered 10 fold!

She really is my sunshine. She is the best big sister too :).

So every year, Zaira always hints to me ahead of her birthday, that I should make her favourite chocolate cake. I make a few types and I like to experiment, but this is hands down, her favourite Rich, Classic Chocolate cake.

This is a Chocolate cake made using Baking chocolate (unsweetened), instead of cocoa powder. Not a light sponge, but a pound-cake like ‘old fashioned’ chocolate cake.

This cake is frosted with a simple whipped cream topping. Although the cake may be sliced into two layers and filled with cream as well, I prefer just one solid cake and whipped topping over it. The light whipped topping, incorporates a small amount of homemade caramel sauce ‘Dulce de leche’.

The caramel is not prominent, yet it really works with the rich chocolate cake. We all enjoyed Zaira’s chocolate cake, and I hope you will too.

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Zaira’s Chocolate Cake | Classic Chocolate

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Recipe Name: Zaira’s Chocolate Cake | Classic Chocolate cake

Recipe Type: Cake

Author: Shana c/o Recipes ‘R’ Simple

Prep time: 25 min

Cook time 55 min

Total time: 1 hour 20 min

Yield: (Serves 16)

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How to make Zaira’s Chocolate Cake | Classic Chocolate – Recipe at a glance:

Melt the baking chocolate.
Preheat oven.
Separate the eggs.
Measure out ingredients.
Prepare cake pan.
Beat egg whites.
Beat butter, sugar, vanilla, melted chocolate. Then add in flour and milk.
Add batter to the prepared cake pan and bake 45 – 50 minutes.
Cool off completely.
Prepare whipped cream topping and do simple decorating.
Chill well before served.

Ingredients:

6 eggs, at room temperature.
4 oz Hershey’s Unsweetened Baking Chocolate bar or another reliable brand
1-2 oz or spoons of Hershey’s semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup water
3/4 cup butter, softened – I used salted butter.
1 1/2 cups fine caster sugar
1 1/2 tsp pure Vanilla extract
3/4 cup milk
2 2/3 cup all-purpose unbleached flour
3 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
1 bar, Hershey’s dark chocolate or milk chocolate, for decorating.

For whipped cream caramel topping:

400 MLS chilled cream/ whipping cream
3 Tbsp icing sugar
Pinch of Vanillin Powder
1 Tbsp Dulce de Leche

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