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Chocolate Cake cut into slices on a wooden board

Fudgy Chocolate Cake

Safira
5 from 3 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Baking, Baking/Dessert
Cuisine british
Servings 10
Calories 372 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 215 g Caster Sugar
  • 2 large Eggs
  • 160 g Plain Yoghurt
  • 80 g Milk
  • 50 g Butter
  • 60 ml Oil Neutral flavoured
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 125 g Plain Flour
  • 65 g Cocoa
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • 60 ml Coffee Cooled
  • 100 g Chocolate Chopped (Dark or Milk)

Topping

  • 85 g Nutella
  • 25 g Chocolate Chopped (Dark or Milk)

Instructions
 

  • Grease and Line a 20cm round tin. Preheat oven to
  • Whisk together the Eggs and Sugar for 2 minutes in a stand mixer/hand mixer or by hand.
  • Add Yoghurt, Milk, Butter, Oil and Vanilla and whisk or beat for 5 minutes.
  • Stir in Plain Flour, Cocoa Powder and Baking Powder.
  • Fold in the Coffee. 
  • Stir in the chopped chocolate.
  • Bake for 35 - 40 minutes. 
  • Allow to cool before removing from the tin and topping with Nutella and chopped Chocolate.

Notes

Coffee - There is no flavour of coffee in this cake. All it does is enhance the flavour of the chocolate.
Cocoa - Use a dark cocoa powder that in unsweetened if you can. 
Why Butter and Oil - The melted butter adds richness and the oil adds moisture.
Yoghurt and Milk - These add moisture in this recipe as Cocoa is quite drying. You can replace the Yoghurt and Milk with Buttermilk. 
Eggs - Use room temperature Eggs. If the eggs are cold, place them in a cup of warm for 10 minutes. 
Nutella - If Nutella is hard, place it in the microwave for 15 seconds bursts until melted. Be sure to remove any foil from the jar. Alternatively use the Ganache recipe mentioned in the post.

How to store/make ahead/freeze

This cake keeps well for up to 4 days in an airtight container. I don't like putting cakes in the fridge because it dries them out so I tend to keep them on the counter top.
To freeze - Wrap cooled cake minus the topping and freeze in an airtight container for up to 3 months. To serve, bring to room temperature by unwrapping the cake and leaving out or place in the fridge over night. Then add the Nutella and serve. 

Nutrition

Calories: 372kcalCarbohydrates: 49gProtein: 6gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 9gCholesterol: 51mgSodium: 117mgPotassium: 232mgFiber: 4gSugar: 34gVitamin A: 208IUCalcium: 84mgIron: 2mg
Keyword Chococolate Cake, Fudgy Chocolate Cake
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