Chocolate Cake

Made this for our French school’ Christmas party. Tasty cake, although I only spread jam under the fondant before covering and decorating it with fondant. You can frost the cake with buttercream if you wish. And yes, I made a spelling mistake 😛

4 squares unsweetened Baker’s dark chocolate
1/3 c cocoa powder
1 c hot boiling water
1 c milk
1 tbsp vanilla extract
3 eggs
2 1/3 c flour
2 tsp BP
1 tsp BSoda
1 c margarine
2 c sugar
jam of your choice, if using
fondant, if using

Chop unsweetened chocolate and place it in a heatproof bowl, mix in cocoa powder. Boil a sum of water, and pour water into the bowl, stir until chocolate melted. Set aside.
Preheat oven to 350 F

Combine flour, baking powder and baking soda, set aside.

Cream margarine and add in sugar bits by bits, until fluffy then add in eggs one at a time. Add in vanilla extract followed with melted and cooled chocolate mixture.

Add in a little flour, followed with a little milk, until all used up; begin with flour and end with flour.

Pour batter and bake for 30-40 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

Cool cake before frosting or applying fondant; do spread a little jam all over the cake before applying fondant.

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Christmas Chocolate Cake

Servings: 0

Ingredients

• 4 squares unsweetened Baker’s dark chocolate
• 1/3 c cocoa powder
• 1 c hot boiling water
• 1 c milk
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract
• 3 eggs
• 2 1/3 c flour
• 2 tsp BP
• 1 tsp BSoda
• 1 c margarine
• 2 c sugar
• jam of your choice if using
• fondant if using

Instructions

• Chop unsweetened chocolate and place it in a heatproof bowl, mix in cocoa powder. Boil a sum of water, and pour water into the bowl, stir until chocolate melted. Set aside.
• Preheat oven to 350 F
• Combine flour, baking powder and baking soda, set aside.
• Cream margarine and add in sugar bits by bits, until fluffy then add in eggs one at a time. Add in vanilla extract followed with melted and cooled chocolate mixture.
• Add in a little flour, followed with a little milk, until all used up; begin with flour and end with flour.
• Pour batter and bake for 30-40 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool cake before frosting or applying fondant; do spread a little jam all over the cake before applying fondant.