A classic and Simple to make Chocolate Cake with Strawberries that anyone can make.
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine classic, Modern
Keyword Cake, chocolate, strawberries, strawberry
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 1 hourhour50 minutesminutes
Total Time 2 hourshours5 minutesminutes
Servings 8
Calories 0.8kcal
Author cooking at home is fun
Cost $10
Equipment
22cm springform cake tin
spatula
mixing bowl
wooden spoon
Ingredients
500gbutterchopped
400gdark chocolatechopped
2cupscaster sugar
1cupwater
2eggsbeaten
1cupplain floursifted
1cupself-raising floursifted
¼cupcocoasifted
1 ½cupsstrawberrieschopped
50gchocolategrated
Buttercream:
500gbuttersoftened
3cupsicing sugar
3tbspcocoasifted
1tbspmilk
Ganache:
200mlthin cream
200gdark chocolate
Instructions
Preheat oven to 180 degrees. In a saucepan, melt butter, then add chocolate, sugar and water, stirring for 3 minutes. Transfer to a bowl to cool for 10 minutes. Once cool, add eggs, sifted flours and cocoa, stir. Pour into two lined 22cm cake tins.
Bake for 90 minutes. Cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then set on a rack.
Using an electric mixer, beat butter for 5 minutes until pale and fluffy. Add icing sugar and cocoa, 1 tbsp at a time, until it’s dissolved. At the end, add the milk, beat thoroughly. Using a flat implement, cover the cake in the chocolate buttercream. It can be smooth or rustic.
Place cream in a small saucepan on medium heat. Once the cream is hot (just under boiling), pour it over chocolate in a bowl. Stir the chocolate until it is melted and smooth. Allow the ganache to cool for 10 minutes, then pour over the cake. Decorate the cake with strawberries and grated chocolate.