Chocolate Sin Cake

Posted onJanuary 17, 2012 - 3:23 am by Admin | 0 Comments

This is an excellent standard chocolate slab cake recipe, perfect for parties and gatherings. It is a solid and well-packed cake, but not very rich. The recipe is recommended for uses similar to a chocolate sponge cake, when extra flavour and oomph are needed. This is a simple cake to make, this recipe is also easy for children to help with.

Chocolate Slab Cake Recipe

Ingredients

  • 225grams/8 oz butter (or olive oil spread as it’s creamier & more better for heart health)
  • 100 g/3.5 oz dark or cooking chocolate, chopped
  • 150 ml/5 fl oz water
  • 300 g/10.5 oz plain flour (not self-rising)
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 275 g/9.5 oz soft brown sugar (white sugar can be used, but the cake will not be as moist)
  • 150 ml/5 fl oz soured cream (non-fat greek yoghurt or soya yoghurt both work really well to keep fat down and bind the ingredients well)
  • 2 eggs, beaten (try using one standard sized can of apples, pureed in a food blender, to keep fat and calories down, or if a vegan recipe is ideal).

Frosting Ingredients

  • 200g/7 oz butter or spread, softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 100g/3.5 oz cocoa powder (a melted bar of chocolate can do in a pinch)
  • 400g icing sugar
  • 2 tablespoons milk

Process

  1. Using butter or spread, smear butter all over the bottom and up the sides of an 8x13 or 9x12 pan. After it’s thoroughly spread, tip about 2 tbsps of flour into it. Slowly tilting it from side to side over your sink or garbage can, tap the sides until the flour slides all around and coats the pan evenly (a lot of people aren’t sure how to properly grease and flour a pan; the above is the process).
  2. Put the butter, chocolate and water into a microwave-safe bowl, and micro on medium power until melted (about two minutes).
  3. Pour the liquid into a bowl with the flour and sugar, and beat well, just until smooth. Beat in the sour cream, then the eggs.
  4. Pour into the pan and bake at 190C/375F for 40-45 minutes.

Frosting Process

  1. Beat the butter and vanilla together in a bowl.
  2. Pour and beat in the sugar, a quarter at a time, beating well after each addition.
  3. Beat in the milk, and continue mixing until light and fluffy.

Allow your cake to cool before frosting it -- if in a hurry, frost the cake anyway, the frosting will just be a bit more runny.

This cake improves with standing for a few hours. For special occasions, make it a day before, and it’s delicious!


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