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:

  1. Heat all ingredients in a small saucepan, stirring until it comes to a boil. Let it cool.

For the Cake:

  1. Preheat the oven to 160°C. Sift the flour and cocoa powder into a bowl, then add the sugar, baking soda, and baking powder.
  2. 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.
  3. 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:

  1. Melt the chocolate in a bain-marie and spread it over the cold chocolate cake.