Recipes
Chocolate Magic Cake
Chocolate Magic Cake
TOTAL TIME: 1 HOUR 30 MINUTES
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup (113g) unsalted Butter
- 2 1/2 cups (600ml) Milk
- 1 cup (115g) Flour
- 1/2 cup (43g) of LILAC Cocoa Powder
- 4 Eggs, separated
- 1/8 teaspoon distilled white Vinegar
- 1 3/4 cups (210g) Confectioner's Sugar
- 2 Tablespoons (30ml) Espresso or Strong Coffee, lukewarm
- 1 teaspoon (5ml) of LILAC Vanilla
- extra confectioner's sugar for dusting
- optional-fresh berries for garnish
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 325°F. Lightly butter or grease a 8"x8" baking dish.
- Melt the butter and set aside to slightly cool. Warm the milk to lukewarm and set aside.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour and cocoa powder for 20 seconds. Set aside.
- Whip the egg whites with vinegar to stiff peaks *see head note. Set aside.
- Beat the egg yolks and sugar until light. Beat in the melted butter, espresso, and vanilla extract for about 2 minutes or until evenly incorporated.
- Mix in the flour/cocoa into the batter until evenly incorporated. Gently whisk/beat in the milk until everything is well mixed.
- Fold/gently-whip in the egg whites, 1/3 at a time. Repeat until all of the egg whites are folded in.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 50-60 minutes or until when you gently shake the cake, it is slightly jiggly but is no longer runny jiggly (I know it sounds weird, but that is the best way we can think of describing the sensation).
- Allow cake to completely cool before cutting and then dust with confectioner's sugar *see Note 1. Garnish with fresh berries if desired.