Chocolate Cake - Delicious on it's own

This is my all time favorite Chocolate cake. It’s a dense and rich, not light and spongy. Perfect for any Chocoholic. I personally prefer it with Chocolate Ganache.

If you notice I have given you two different methods to make it.
The first method will give you a slightly more lighter cake, and
The second lazy method will give you a slightly less light cake.
Both are equally delicious. And I’ve tired both method .

Makes one 9” cake layer about 2 inch tall

Or two 7” layers each 2 inch tall

Ingredients

200 grams (7 oz.) Chocolate (I use 80% Cocoa)
200 grams (7 oz.) unsalted Butter
200 grams (1 ¾ cup) All-purpose flour
240 grams Dark Brown Sugar ( about 1 ¼ cup)
4 large eggs
1 tsp. Baking powder
½ tsp. Baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1tsp Vanilla extract
¾ cup buttermilk (or ¾ cup milk with 1 tbsp. vinegar left for half hour before use)

First Method

• Prepare your pans for baking.
• Melt Butter and Chocolate in a Microwave safe bowl. Starting with 1 min on high and then at 20 sec intervals as needed. Once melted add in the sugar and stir well. Set aside to cool.
• In a bowl sift the flour, baking powder and baking soda and salt.
• Now add the flour mixture and buttermilk to the chocolate mixture alternating each other.
• Place the eggs in your electric mixture with the whisk attachment and whisk until soft peaks form, add vanilla essence.
• Next fold in the egg mixture with the chocolate mixture very carefully.
• Immediately pour the batter into two cake pan and bake for about 45 to 55 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• Cool and decorate with your favorite frosting.

Lazy Method

Prepare your pans for baking.

• Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a bowl.
• Melt Butter and chocolate in the microwave.
• Add sugar until well incorporated.
• Add eggs one at a time.
• Add Vanilla
• Add the buttermilk
• Add flour.

Pour mixture into prepared baking pan and bake for 45 to 55 minutes until a tooth pick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Cool and decorate.

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