Chocolate cake with chantilly

Slice of chocolate cake with chantilly on a dish

Do you have to prepare a cake for a special occasion? This chocolate cake with chantilly is a temptation… It’s very delicious, creamy and with excellent presentation that will impress your friends… Dare yourself!!

By Pedro Barbosa

Category: Cakes, Chocolate, Recipes

Cuisine: Portuguese

Difficulty: Easy

Servings:: 14 slices

Prep Time:20 m

Cook Time:35 m

Total Time:1:10 h

Ingredients: chantilly, chocolate, coffee, eggs, flour, heavy whipping cream, liquid caramel, milk, sugar, vanilla extract

(1 votes, 5.00 out of 5)

Units: Metric (Units: US)

Ingredients

For the cake:

6 eggs
150 grams (2/3 cup) granulated sugar
150 grams (1 cup) chocolate powder
150 grams (1 cup) all-purpose flour
50 ml (1/4 cup) milk
A pinch of salt
1 teaspoon liquid caramel
50 ml (1/4 cup) strong coffee
1 teaspoon baking powder

For the chantilly:

400 ml (1 pint (473 ml)) heavy whipping cream
2 tablespoons powdered sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions

For the cake:
Preheat the oven to 180ºC (350ºF). Grease a round cake pan (23 x 7 centimeters (9 x 2 3/4 inches)) with margarine and line with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, whisk the sugar, flour, baking powder, chocolate powder and the salt. Then, add the eggs, milk, the liquid caramel and beat until obtain a homogeneous mixture. Finally, mix the coffee.
Pour the dough into the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 35 minutes (the time depends on the oven).
When the cake is cooked, remove from oven, unmold onto a plate and let cool completely.
For the chantilly:
In an electric mixer, beat the cream together with the powdered sugar and the vanilla extract until stiff peaks form.
Slice the cake in half with a long knife and fill with a little of the chantilly. Cover with the top slice of the cake and spread with a spatula the cake with the remaining chantilly. Garnish with grated chocolate and serve. Store the cake in the fridge.