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Are you a chocolate cake lover? Here are 10 recipes that will make you fly
Chocolate cake is simply irresistible, but what if we were telling you that we have thought of 10 variations just for you?
Today's protagonist is the chocolate cake, which we will analyze (and taste) in all its possible variations . Let's be honest, we have a weakness for chocolate in all its forms, be it brownies, a cheesecake, a simple cocoa cake… every time it's pure pleasure!
Chocolate is a food that is derived from the seeds of the cocoa tree and today it is widespread and loved throughout the world . In Italy there are two places linked to this food, Sicily and Piedmont. In the first, Modica chocolate is especially famous, which has very ancient origins and dates back to 1519, when the Spanish Conquistadores imported the first cocoa beans to the island. As far as Piedmont is concerned, however, Turin has been a real institution for years now.
But let's get back to us and our chocolate desserts: today we will prepare 10 wonderful cakes, suitable for everyone and for all occasions : from a tasty snack to a breakfast, through to a dessert or a delicious end of a meal. In short, if you, like us, ca n't resist chocolate, you're in the right place. Let's get started right away and see the best recipes for creating a simple chocolate cake… in all its forms!
Dark Chocolate Cake
Let's start with the chocolate cake recipe, classic but always good. This dessert is also prepared using butter, eggs, sugar and cocoa, and it's a real bomb ! You can also embellish it with dried fruit, coconut, or sprinkle it with icing sugar… in short, your tastes reign supreme here!
Here is the chocolate cake recipe.
Ingredients for the chocolate cake
- 160 g of chocolate
- 200 g of butter
- 6 eggs
- 180 g of 00 flour
- 50 g of cocoa
- 180 g of sugar
- 1 sachet of baking powder
- 1 pinch of salt
- icing sugar to taste
Chocolate cake without eggs
A lighter chocolate cake, without eggs, and perfect for those who don't want to give up taste. Here is the eggless chocolate cake , which is prepared with milk, seed oil and where there is no butter or eggs. Furthermore, if you want, you can also replace the milk with a vegetable drink, thus creating a vegan cake, perfect for those who follow this type of diet. What do you think, have we convinced you?
Ingredients for vegan chocolate cake
- 280 g of 00 flour
- 150 g of sugar
- 50 g of bitter cocoa powder
- 300 ml of milk
- 80 ml of seed oil
- 1 sachet of baking powder
- icing sugar to taste
Chocolate chiffon cake
We fly to America to prepare Chiffon cake , a soft and spectacular chocolate cake. Its story begins in the early 1900s, when it was offered in a restaurant by the pastry chef Harry Baker, who to tell the truth did not deal with desserts… but with insurance !
However, his passion led him to create what was known at the time as Baker cake. We made it again in this chocolate version, and we tell you what to do, it's a must try!
Ingredients for the Chiffon cake
- 6 eggs
- 250 g of 0 flour
- 50 g of dark chocolate powder
- 300 g of sugar
- 140 ml of sunflower seed oil
- 160 ml of water
- 8g cream of tartar
- 1 sachet of vanillin
- 1 sachet of baking powder
- 1 pinch of salt
Chocolate donut
The chocolate donut is just what you need for a breakfast at home: soft, soft and delicious, you can eat it plain or use it to spread jam or dip it in tea or coffee with milk. And if you want an even more lustful version, cover it with a topping!
Ingredients for the chocolate donut
- 250 g of 00 flour
- 50 g of cocoa
- 140 g of sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 sachet of yeast
- 100 ml of milk
Chocolate bread cake
A simple and traditional cake: it's the bread cake ! This particular cake is prepared using stale bread, which instead of throwing it away is reused for many fabulous recipes. One of these is the cake: the bread is combined with milk, butter, sugar, eggs and obviously chocolate, creating a mixture that is soft and compact. If you've never tried it, you have to try it !
How to make bread cake
- 200 g of stale bread
- 100 g of butter
- 100 g of dark chocolate
- 120 ml of milk
- 1 tablespoon of bitter cocoa
- 2 eggs
- 150 g of sugar
- 1 sachet of vanillin
- 1 sachet of yeast
Sacher cake
Could one of the most famous cakes in the world have been missing? Sachertorte is a dessert invented by pastry chef Franz Sacher, who created it for Prince Klemens von Metternich on 9 July 1832 in Vienna, Austria.
It is a cake with a chocolate dough, which is filled with apricot jam and finally glazed with a nice shiny chocolate sauce.
How to make sacher cake
- 400 g of dark chocolate
- 160 g of sugar
- 160 g of flour
- 160 g of butter
- 6 eggs
- 250 g of apricot jam
- 1 sachet of yeast
- 1 sachet of vanillin
- 1 pinch of salt
- 100 g of icing sugar
- 100 g of water
Chocolate tart
The chocolate tart is one of those cakes that remind us of childhood, of grandmothers, of the happiness of having a family breakfast with something special. Well, if this cake brings out these memories for you too, then you will know how much of a delight it can be for the mouth and the eyes. Preparing it is simple if you know how to make shortcrust pastry, otherwise you can also buy ready-made shortcrust pastry for a quicker recipe!
Ingredients for the chocolate tart
- 375 g of 00 flour
- 195 g of butter
- 1 egg
- 2 egg yolks
- 230 g of sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 pinch of salt
- 250 g of milk
- 200 g of milk chocolate
Chocolate cheesecake
If you want to enjoy a cold chocolate cake, here is the chocolate cheesecake , a very quick dessert to make, since it is a no-bake cake. The base is made like a classic cheesecake with biscuits and butter, but we used them with cocoa , so as to create a nice color effect. The filling, however, is made up of Philadelphia, cream, chocolate and isinglass to compact everything.
Ingredients for the cheesecake
- 250 g of cocoa biscuits
- 80 g of melted butter
- 350 g of Philadelphia or spreadable cheese
- 1 sachet of vanillin
- 300 g of fresh cream
- 150 g of dark chocolate
- 1 sheet of isinglass
Brownie cake
If you want to enjoy a soft chocolate cake, why not prepare brownies ? These sweets are baked in a rectangular mold and then cut into squares or rectangles . Their taste is strong, their consistency soft… in short, they will make you fly to heaven!
Ingredients for brownies
- 225 g of dark chocolate
- 225 g of butter
- 135 g of flour
- 225 g of sugar
- 15 g of cocoa powder
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 pinch of salt
Devil's cake
To conclude this roundup of recipes, we thought we'd save one of the most enjoyable cakes that ever existed for last. Imagine three layers of chocolate, filled and still covered with a chocolate ganache . Aren't your mouths watering already? Well, we do, so let's rush to prepare it with our infallible recipe: we advise you to do the same and enjoy the Devil's Cake !
Ingredients for Devil's Cake
- 425 g of 00 flour
- 425 g of sugar
- 340 g of butter
- 4 eggs
- 65 g of bitter cocoa
- 5 g of bicarbonate
- 2 g of fine salt
- 1 vanilla pod
- 175 ml of water
- 750 g of fresh cream
- 750 g of dark chocolate
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