A double layer homemade chocolate cake come from scratch. I love ❤️ chocolate that why I’m fascinating of the chocolate cake. Why we call it Triple chocolate layer cake, but has two layers only? Well chocolate is used three times: chocolate cake, chocolate frosting, and chocolate decorations. That’s it now you know.
I strongly encourage you to give it a try, to make even youre a newbie or beginners as it’s really not difficult to make. You may have feelings of little guilt though if you’re on diet, well little won’t hurt you. This recipe is come from scratch it simple as that. So let start.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup plain flour
- 1 cup cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup fresh milk
Syrup:
- 1/4 cup of cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup of water
- 1 cup of raw sugar
- 1/8 tsp salt
- /4 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp of cornstarch dissolved in 1 tsp water
Chocolate frosting:
- 2 tbsp of unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 8 oz semi sweet or dark chocolate
- Hazelnut waffer stick
- Chocolate sprinkles, chocolate flakes for garnish
Instructions:
- To make the cake.
- Pre heat your oven to 350 F , Grease and flour the 6 inch round cake pan.
- In a medium bowl or stand mixer if you have; add the egg,fresh milk, oil,sugar and vanilla extract then whisk well until combined and fluffy.
- On the other bowl sift the cocoa powder, flour, baking powder gradually add to the wet ingredients then beat until well incorporated.
- Then transfer cake batter to the greased pan drop few times to remove air bubbles.
- Place the cake pan to the oven and bake for 18 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
- Remove cake from oven let it cool completely.
- While waiting for cake cool start to make syrup. Add all syrup ingredients in small saucepan bring to boil, stirring frequently. Just boil for about 3 minutes.then let it cool.
- To make chocolate frosting; put the chocolate chip in medium bowl. Them heat the cream and butter in sauce pan over medium heat and bring until just boil, do not over boiled. Remove from the heat and pour to the chocolate let the mixture sit for about a minute. Gently stir until very smooth. Let cool and refrigerate until firm. Once cooled and firm beat on medium speed using hand mixer until light and fluffy. Set aside.
- Then layer the cake spread the syrup each layer then pipe the chocolate frosting all over the cake.
Sprinkle with the chocolate sprinkles on top of the cake and put the hazelnut stick waffer all around the side. Garnish with chocolate flakes.
Enjoy eating..😊😄
Wow this looks amazing! I’ll try this recipe for sure 🙂
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Yeah you much try 😍
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Beautiful! 🙂 thanks for sharing the recipe xx
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Always welcome 😊
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This looks so neat and amazing!
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Thank you
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I still remember when I first baked a KitKat cake .. The only thing everyone wanted to know was if the bars fell off while slicing the cake … :D:D
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😄😄
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Hey wait … You never asked me if they did .. I guess you know the answer then 😀
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What you say to them?
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Dint have to say much as they were all there to witness it ….. happy to report not a single bar fell off … phew!
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Infact kitkat is pretty good to use for the mouse cake right it holds the cake
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Yup it is … but I like your idea as it is something different
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This looks to die for. Perfect for a party!
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Definitely going to try this…looks so good!!
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😍 yum x
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Oh dear, that does look good. I’m going to write the recipe down and give it a try. I feel my waistline expanding already.
Leslie
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Yeah you give a try dnt. Worry your waistline 😄😄😄
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😉
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Looks gorgeous, being Diabetic look is all I can do.
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Hi my friend. Can I thank you for visiting my blog? Because if you hadn’t, I would never bumped into this gorgeous looking cake. 😀 I am following you now..:P
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Thank you
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Yum…I’ll have a slice! 🙂
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Sure👌🏼😊
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Thank you 😊 homehugshuskies
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Wow this is awesome!
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Thank you so much 😊
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