Chocolate Cake
Recipe by Chef Christos Karaolis
- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 35 min
- Total
- 55 min
- Serves 12
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INGREDIENTS
For the Syrup
- 200g water
- 200g sugar
- 30g cocoa powder
- 1 pinch salt
For the Cake
- 180g all-purpose flour
- 80g cocoa powder
- 200g sugar
- 250g warm milk
- 100g eggs
- 60g unsalted butter, melted
- 50g hazelnut butter
- 60g sunflower oil
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
For the Glaze
- 160g dark chocolate
- 40g sunflower oil
- 25g hazelnut butter
- 5g cocoa powder
- 60g coarsely chopped almonds
METHOD
For the Syrup:
- Heat all ingredients in a small saucepan, stirring until it comes to a boil. Let it cool.
For the Cake:
- Preheat the oven to 160°C. Sift the flour and cocoa powder into a bowl, then add the sugar, baking soda, and baking powder.
- In another bowl, whisk together the warm milk, eggs, melted butter, hazelnut butter, oil, and lemon juice. Using a whisk, combine the wet mixture with the flour mixture until well combined. Grease a 20x30 cm baking pan and pour in the mixture.
- Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a knife inserted comes out clean. As soon as the cake is out of the oven, drizzle it with the cold syrup.
For the Glaze:
- Melt the chocolate in a bain-marie and spread it over the cold chocolate cake.



