Description
This Love Treats recipe is a light sponge like cake is topped with an easy chocolate frosting and a sprinkle of desiccated coconut for an easy cake that will serve a small crowd.
Ingredients
Chocolate Cake
200 grams / 7 ounces butter
200 milliliters / 1 cup - 2 tablespoons milk
3 large eggs, room temperature
189 grams / 1 1/2 cups + 2 tablespoons confectioner’s/icing sugar, sifted
211 grams / 1 1/4 cups + 1 tablespoon plain flour
10 grams / 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
76 grams / 2/3 cup + 1 teaspoon cocoa powder, sifted
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Chocolate Glaze
100 grams / 3.5 ounces butter, melted
50 milliliters / 1/4 cup - 1 tablespoon coffee
28 grams / 1/4 cup cocoa powder, sifted
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
237 grams / 2 cups + 1 tablespoon confectioner’s/icing sugar, sifted
38 grams / 1/3 cup + 1 tablespoon desiccated coconut
Instructions
Chocolate cake
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F and line a baking tray with greaseproof paper.
- Toss the butter and add the milk into a saucepan on low heat, stirring until melted. Set aside.
- Add the eggs and sugar into a bowl and beat until doubled in volume and fluffy, approximately 5 minutes.
- Place the flour, baking powder and cocoa powder into a bowl and stir.
- Sieve into the fluffy eggs, adding the salt.
- Pour in the melted butter, milk and vanilla extract and fold together to form a smooth batter.
- Pour into your cake tin and bake until a skewer comes out clean, approximately 25 minutes.
- Remove and allow to cool completely.
Chocolate glaze
- For the chocolate glaze, place the coffee and cocoa powder into a small bowl and stir together until smooth.
- Pour the melted butter, vanilla extract and sugar into a bowl and and spoon in the cocoa coffee mixture, whisking until smooth.
- Spoon on top of the cake and spread out evenly with an offset spatula.
- Sprinkle over the coconut.
- Allow to set completely.
- Slice and serve.
- Dig in!
Notes
Adapted from arla.se
Nutrition
- Calories: 340 calories per serve
Keywords: chocolate cake, swedish cake