Chocolate cake with berries
Description
Homemade treats for tea. This recipe for a chocolate cake with berries uses a vegan cake base. Thanks to the combination of vegetable oil and cocoa, the cake turns out tender, slightly moist, and very delicious. As for the berries, you can use absolutely any that you have on hand. If desired, you can also make a berry syrup to soak the cake layers. Serve cooled or slightly warm.
Instructions
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Step 1
1. First, turn on the oven and let it preheat to 180 degrees. Put the sifted flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, and a pinch of salt into a deep bowl. Mix everything thoroughly.
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Step 2
2. In a separate bowl, combine the liquid ingredients: vegetable oil, warm water, and vanilla extract. Mix until smooth, then pour into the dry ingredients.
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Step 3
3. Beat everything until smooth to form a uniform batter. Add vinegar. For extra flavor, in addition to vanilla, you can also add liqueur or cognac, for example, if the homemade chocolate cake with berries is intended only for adults.
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Step 4
4. Transfer the prepared dough into a previously oiled heatproof baking dish and place it in the oven.
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Step 5
5. Bake the cake until a toothpick inserted comes out dry. Baking time depends on the pan size (30 to 50 minutes). Let it sit in the pan for 7–10 minutes, then cool completely.
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Step 6
6. While the cake layer cools completely, whip the cream with a small amount of vanilla extract. Then there are two options for preparing a chocolate cake with berries: either slice the cake layer in half or leave it whole.
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Step 7
7. In this case, the whipped cream is spread evenly over the whole cake layer.
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Step 8
9. All that remains is to wash, dry, and place the berries on top. The more varied the berries, the brighter and tastier the dessert will be. That's the entire simple recipe for a chocolate cake with berries.