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Do you love chocolate and want to prepare a simple and delicious cake? This chocolate cake is perfect for you, has excellent presentation and is very simple to prepare! Serve with tea or coffee in a snack among friends!

Simple chocolate cake on a rectangular platter

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INGREDIENTS FOR THIS RECIPE

Here you'll find all the ingredients needed to make this recipe:

Eggs
Chocolate powder
All-purpose flour
Dark brown sugar
Lemon juice
Baking powder

Below you’ll find the correct measurement of all ingredients and the step-by-step guide for this recipe.

HOW TO MAKE SIMPLE CHOCOLATE CAKE

Step 1: Preheat the oven to 180ºC (350ºF). Grease a loaf tin with margarine and dust with flour.

Step 2: On a large bowl, whisk the eggs and the sugar until obtain a homogeneous mixture. Add the chocolate powder, the lemon juice and mix for 2 to 3 minutes until it’s nicely incorporated. Reduce the mixer speed to low, add the flour mixed with the baking powder and whisk until a homogeneous mixture. Simple chocolate cake dough on a glass bowl

Step 3: Pour the dough into the prepared tin and bake about 30 minutes.

Step 4: Turn off the oven and unmold the cake onto a plate. Let cool to room temperature and serve the cake with tea or coffee. Bon appetit!!!

TIPS FOR SIMPLE CHOCOLATE CAKE

1. When preheating the oven, make sure you have all ingredients ready to start making the cake.

2. Place the oven rack in the middle. This allows the hot air to circulate evenly around the cake, resulting in even cooking.

3. When placing the cake in the oven, the oven should not be too hot, if it is, the cake will rise too quickly and there will be no time for the inside of the cake to cook at the same speed (what often happens is the cake sinks in the middle). If the oven is too hot, leave the oven door open until the temperature drops a little.

4. Never open the oven door while the cake is baking. The kitchen temperature is always lower than the oven temperature, what will happen is that the oven temperature will drop and the risk of the cake sinks in the middle increases.

5. The first thing to do before taking the cake out of the oven, is to stick a toothpick in the center of the cake. If it's dry, it's cooked. Turn off the oven and leave the cake in the oven for another 5 minutes.

6. Do not open the oven door all the way, leave the door open about 10 to 15 centimeters (4 inches to 6 inches) and wait another 5 or 10 minutes so that the heat enters the kitchen and there is no temperature shock that causes the cake to collapse (the time depends on the season of the year, if it is summer leave it for about 5 minutes, if it is winter 10 minutes).

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Category: Breakfast, Cakes, Chocolate, Desserts, Recipes, Videos

Cuisine: Portuguese

Difficulty: Easy

Servings: 12 slices

Prep Time: 20 m

Cook Time: 30 m

Total Time: 50 m

Ingredients

4 medium eggs
125 grams (1 cup) chocolate powder
125 grams (1 cup) all-purpose flour
150 grams (about 1 cup) dark brown sugar
Juice of one lemon
1 teaspoon baking powder

Directions

Preheat the oven to 180ºC (350ºF). Grease a loaf tin (25 x 11 centimeters with 7 centimeters high (9 3/4 x 4 1/3-inch with 2 3/4-inch-high)) with margarine and dust with flour.
On a large bowl, whisk the eggs and the sugar until obtain a homogeneous mixture. Add the chocolate powder, the lemon juice and mix for 2 to 3 minutes until it’s nicely incorporated. Reduce the mixer speed to low, add the flour mixed with the baking powder and whisk until a homogeneous mixture.
Pour the dough into the prepared tin and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 30 minutes (the time depends on the oven).
Turn off the oven and unmold the cake onto a plate. Let cool to room temperature and serve the cake with tea or coffee.