Chocolate Dessert Cake with Frosting

Chocolate Dessert Cake with Frosting

Luscious and moist dessert cake, perfect for any occasion. 


Serves 12


Ingredients: 
Cake
250g of Cooking Butter
200g of Cooking Chocolate (dark, milk or both)
1½ cups of Coffee (or 1tbs of instant coffee disolved in 1½ cups of boiling water)
1½ cups of Caster Sugar
½tsp of Vanilla Essence
2 Lightly Beaten Eggs
1½ cups of Sifted Self Raising Flour
½ cup of Sifted Cocoa
Frosting
150g of Cooking Chocolate (dark, milk or both can be used)
40g of Cooking Butter


Method:
Cake
1.  Preheat oven to 160ºC (or 140ºC fan forced) and line and grease cake tin.
2. Melt butter and chocolate in a saucepan over a low heat, stirring frequently. Once melted, add coffee and sugar and stir until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
3. Transfer chocolate mixture to a bowl and using an electric mixer slowly add vanilla essence and eggs. Gradually add flour and cocoa. Mix for 90 seconds or until combined.
4. Pour mixture into cake tin and allow to cook for around 1 hour.
Frosting
1. Melt butter and chocolate in a saucepan over a low heat, stirring frequently. 
2. Remove from heat and allow to cool for 30 seconds, then spread over cake.


Serve with cream.

Recipe adapted from Cadbury