Cakes
The Schwedentorte is very nice and green, do you like these cakes?
Ingredients:
11/3 cups [ 200g] plain flour 2 tablespoons cocoa 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate soda 200g of good- quality dark chocolate chopped 225 un salted butter, softened and chopped 1 cup [200g] caster sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 4 eggs 1/2 cups [125ml] milk |
All these ingredients are to make chocolate cake.
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Step 1. Preheat the oven to 160C. Grease and line a 24cm round springform cake pan.
Step 2. Sift the flour, cocoa, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl. Set aside.
Step 3. Melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water[ don't let bowl touch water]. Cool slightly.
Step 4. Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. With beaters on medium speed, add vanilla, then add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Pour in cooled chocolate and beat until well combined. Beat in a third of sifted ingredients, followed by a third of the milk. Repeat until all ingredients are incorporated, beating until smooth.
Step 5. Pour mixture into the pan and bake for 45-55 minutes until risen and a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Cool in the pan on a rack for 10 minutes, then invert onto rack to cool completely.
Step 6. To serve, spread the icing over the top and sides of the cake using a hot palette knife.