Chocolate Cake

This is an indulgent cake recipe for fanatic chocolate lovers. It stays nice and moist. The cake will serve many people, a slice of this is very filling!

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Chocolate cake

  • 150 gr butter
  • 150 gr sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • 3 eggs
  • 150 gr flower
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 75 gr dark chocolate
  • 75 ml cream
  • Chocolate icing:
    • 75 gr dark chocolate
    • 50 gr butter
    • 150 gr icing sugar
  • For the baking tin: 25 gr butter and bread crumbs
  1. Make sure all your ingredients are at room temperature. Measure up all your ingredients. Combine the dry ingredients and mix them with the fork. This makes the flour light and airy.
  2. Preheat the oven at 170 degrees C.
  3. Coat your baking tin thouroughly with butter and bread crumbs.
  4. Mix the sugar, butter and vanilla essence.
  5. Mix the eggs in one by one.
  6. Fold in the dry ingredients.
  7. Pour the batter in the baking tin.
  8. Bake the cake for 45 minutes or untill it is golden.
  9. Let your cake on a wire rack before turning it around on the serving tray.
  10. Make your icing:
    1. Melt the chocolate and butter.
    2. Mix in the icing sugar.
  11. Decorate your cake.

Find a banana bundt cake recipe and more baking ideas inspiration here.

Banana Bundt Cake

This is the perfect recipe for using up your overripe bananas. The banana flavor is subtle and the cake is moist. This cake is a great show stopper desert or birthday cake for banana lovers.

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Banana Bundt Cake

  • 2 ripe bananas
  • 100 gr butter
  • 150 gr sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • 3 free range eggs
  • 200 gr flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 50 gr shredded coconut
  • Icing:
    • 100 gr cream cheese
    • 250 gr icing sugar
    • Optional: yellow food coloring and banana chips for decorating
  • 25 gr butter and 25 gr shredded coconut
  1. Make sure all your ingredients are at room temperature. Measure up all your ingredients. Combine the dry ingredients and mix them with the fork. This makes the flour light and airy.
  2. Preheat the oven at 170 degrees C.
  3. Coat your bundt tin thouroughly with butter and shredded coconut.
  4. Peel the bananas and mash them up with a fork.
  5. Mix the banana mash, sugar, butter and vanilla essence.
  6. Mix the eggs in one by one.
  7. Fold in the dry ingredients.
  8. Pour the batter in the bundt tin.
  9. Bake the cake for 45 minutes or untill it is golden.
  10. Let your cake cool on a wire rack before turning it around on the serving tray.
  11. Mix the icing ingredients and decorate your bundt cake.

Find a chocolate cake recipe and more baking ideas inspiration here.