Very simple chocolate cake
Description
The baking process is simple and quick. Be sure to follow the recipe exactly and do not substitute ingredients. Otherwise, the cake won't turn out as delicious, tall, and soft. Check the cake's doneness with a toothpick starting from the 45th minute of baking. As a result, you should get a moist, tender, airy, and slightly wet chocolate sponge cake.
Instructions
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Step 1
1. Sift the flour together with sugar, cocoa, salt, and baking soda. Remove all lumps that remain in the sieve.
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Step 2
2. To the dry ingredients, add eggs, soft butter, olive oil, vanilla extract, and milk.
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Step 3
3. Turn on the mixer, starting at low speed, and mix all the ingredients until smooth. Then pour a tablespoon of wine vinegar into the dough and mix again. The dough should become covered with bubbles, which means the vinegar has reacted with the baking soda.
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Step 4
4. You can bake the cake either in the oven or in a multicooker. Grease the bottom of the multicooker bowl with butter, pour the batter into it, and set it to the "Baking" mode for 1 hour. If baking in the oven, preheat it to 175 degrees. Use a pan with a diameter of 16-25 cm, pour the batter no more than halfway up the pan, and bake for 50-60 minutes.
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Step 5
5. To make the icing, place a saucepan over heat, add 100 grams of cocoa, 50 grams of sugar, a pinch of salt, then gradually add milk (100 ml), stirring it into the cocoa until fully absorbed. The mixture should reach the consistency of thick sour cream. Cook over medium heat until the icing thickens.
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Step 6
6. When the fondant becomes glossy, add a dessert spoon of butter and a tablespoon of brandy (or rum). Mix and cook for a few more minutes. Continue stirring the fondant with a whisk until it cools.
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Step 7
7. When you take the cake out of the multicooker, let it sit in the mold for another 15 minutes. Then carefully remove it and wait until it cools down. If baked in the oven, the edges of the cake might be a bit dry. Wrap it in plastic wrap and leave for 2-3 hours.
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Step 8
8. The chocolate cake can be eaten immediately. Drizzle it with chocolate glaze and decorate as desired.