Many countries around the world have their own unique chocolate cake recipes. They may differ in ingredients, preparation method and appearance.
Sacheris a classic chocolate cake from Austria with rich chocolate flavor and apricot jam. It has a dense texture and dark color.
“Brownie ” is a moist and dense chocolate cake from the USA with a crispy crust. It is usually served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
These are just a few examples of chocolate cakes that can be tasted in different countries. Each of them has its own unique history and peculiarities of preparation.
Let’s prepare a simple chocolate cake.
Ingredients:
- Cookies – 600 g;
- Sugar – 110 g;
- Milk – 250 ml;
- Vanilla sugar – 1 tsp;
- Salt – a pinch;
- Butter – 150 g;
- Cocoa powder – 60 g;
- Walnuts – 100 g;
- Chocolate – 100 g;
- Cream 33% – 100 g.
Preparation of chocolate cake:
In a saucepan pour classic and vanilla sugar, salt and cocoa. Gradually pour milk into the mixture, stir.
Bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat, add butter. Melt the butter into the milk and cocoa mixture.
Place a portion of the cookies in a pastry square mold. Grind the rest of the cookies into coarse crumbs.
Dry the nuts and chop and mix with the cookies. Pour the cocoa mass into this mixture, stir. Spread
the cocoa dough on the layer of cookies in the pastry mold.
Place a layer of cookies on the layer of cocoa dough.
For the glaze, mix hot cream with chocolate. Pour the glaze over the top of the cake and leave in the refrigerator until completely set.
As a result, we have a delicious chocolate cake. Its preparation does not require baking the cakes, which makes cooking much faster and easier.
