Chocolate Gateaux
Serves 8
Prep Time 40 mins
Cooking 40 mins
Level medium
Ingredients
- 225g Plain Flour
- 350g Caster Sugar
- 85g Cocoa Powder
- 1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 1/2 tsp Bicarbonate of soda
- 2 Eggs
- 250ml Milk
- 125ml Oil
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 250ml Boiling Water
- 200ml Double cream
- Savina Milk Chocolate
Heat the oven at a temperature of between 160 and 180 degree. Grease 2 cake dishes of around 20cm diameter. Mix all ingredients excluding the water, the double cream and the chocolate in a large mixing bowl. Mix well together by a hand blender till consistency is mixed well. Start adding the boiling water a bit by bit until consistency is well mixed and is runny. Add the mixture in the bowls and bake in oven for around 25-35 minutes till well cooked. Let cool down completely. For the icing, melt the chocolate bar in a small pot on low flame and add the double cream. When chocolate is melted remove from the heat and mix with a blender under consistency is slightly thicker. Let cool down completely for around 1 to 2 hours until well thick. Add a thick layer between the 2 cakes and cover the outside of both cakes with the mixture.
Recipe by Anton B. Dougall
