Chocolate cake is one of the favorite desserts of most children and adults. It is usually made instead of cake when you want to make a quick dessert with minimum fuss.
Chocolate pies are common in many countries around the world. For example, in France, the dessert is called chocolate fondant. It is a pie with a meltingly moist dough texture. In the United States, there is a pie called Mississippi mud pie. It is made of chocolate cookies with chocolate pudding inside. Often this dessert is decorated with whipped cream to make the treat even sweeter.
In Germany, there is a pie called “Black Forest”. It is more like a cake, as it is made of sponge chocolate dough with cream. Cherries are often added to the German pie for a more varied flavor.
Let’s tell you how to make a simple chocolate cake for tea
Ingredients:
- Eggs – 5 pcs;
- Sugar – 200 g;
- Milk – 200 ml;
- Vegetable oil – 100 ml;
- Flour – 200 g;
- Cocoa – 3 tbsp;
- Baking powder – 1 tsp.
Ingredients for the glaze:
- Sugar – 3 tbsp;
- Cocoa – 2.5 tbsp;
- Milk – 150 ml;
- Salt – on the tip of a knife.
Preparation of chocolate cake:
Beat the eggs with sugar to a fluffy white mass. Pour milk, vegetable oil, sift flour, cocoa and baking powder to the eggs, knead
a thick dough, pour it onto a parchment-lined baking tray
.
Bake the cake at 180 degrees for 30-40 minutes. Check the readiness of the pie with a wooden skewer, it should come out dry from the baking.
For the glaze in a saucepan mix sugar, cocoa, milk and salt. Cook the mixture over medium heat for no more than 7 minutes.
Pour the glaze over the finished cake, spreading it over the entire surface.
You get a delicate chocolate cake, which is prepared quickly and without unnecessary hassle.
