It’s no secret that pies come in many varieties. In addition to the classic variants with potatoes, meat and fruit, many people prepare dessert pies with chocolate, cottage cheese and other interesting fillings.
In the past, chocolate pie was a luxury for most people in Europe and CIS countries
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The fact is that it was almost unreal to get cocoa or chocolate for baking.
However, time passed and chocolate, as well as cocoa, became available to all confectioners and even housewives
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This opened the door for people to experiment. This is probably how a large number of new recipes for desserts, pastries and cakes appeared.
Let’s prepare together a chocolate cake for tea with our own hands.
Ingredients for chocolate cake:
- Flour – 8 tbsp;
- Sugar – 6 tbsp;
- Cocoa – 3 tbsp;
- Eggs – 2 pcs;
- Baking powder – 1 tsp;
- Vegetable oil – 6 tbsp.
Preparation of chocolate cake:
With a mixer or a whisk, beat the eggs. Add sugar to the egg mixture and beat for 2 minutes. Add vegetable oil to the egg mixture and continue beating until homogeneous.
Sift flour, baking powder and cocoa into a bowl
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Pour the egg mixture into the loose products, knead the dough.
Place the dough in a baking dish, cover the sides and bottom with parchment. Bake the biscuit at 180 degrees for 25 minutes.
After cooking, remove the cake from the mold and let cool.
You can cover the cake with any chocolate paste, glaze, sprinkle with nuts.
