Chocolate Cake & Torte
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- Gâteau au Chocolat & Torte
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- كـيـك وتورتة الشوكولاتة
By Leila & Abdullahi · ·
Good chocolate cake reminds both of us of La Baguette in Jeddah. It was one of those places we liked to frequent during our stay in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It was without doubt the best Patisserie/Cafe in Jeddah. We remember the owner, a young Saudi gentleman, who was always present making sure that everything was top-notch. That hardworking entrepreneur didn’t fit into any stereotypes. Well, stereotypes are just stereotypes.
The delicious aroma of freshly baked pastries drew you in, but everything that was prepared there was of excellent quality: the French baguettes, croissants, crepes, cakes, etc… There was one dessert that stood head and shoulders above all the other great offerings. That was the chocolate ganache cake that was always fresh, always moist and always unbelievably delicious. Our chocolate cake was inspired by that amazing cake. It is a tribute to La Baguette that did its part to make life enjoyable to us in the early to mid 90s.
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Ingredients
1 cup = 237 mL · 1 Tbsp = 15 mL · 1 tsp = 5 mL. All are level measurements.
Chocolate Cake & Torte
Method
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Steps for preparing the chocolate cake Butter a 9½” (24 cm) cake pan then dust with cocoa powder
Beat the eggs with the sugar to a thick and foamy mixture
Beat in the soft butter then add the oil, vanilla, orange zest, coffee, and milk. Mix until well combined.
Sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
Sift the dry ingredients on top of the wet ingredients, then mix well.
Bake in a preheated oven for 35 minutes at 350°F/177°C.
Buttered cake pan dusted with cocoa powder The wet ingredients The dry ingredients The cake mix Ready for baking Chocolate Cake Chocolate Cake Chocolate Cake Steps for preparing the chocolate cake After the cake cools down completely, use a serrated knife to trace a line in the middle of the cake, then use a long knife to cut along the line.
Use the top of the cake as a base and soak it with 3 tablespoons of simple syrup (half a cup of water and half a cup of sugar boiled together until dissolved). Spread buttercream (recipe to be posted) or fresh whipped cream.
Add fruits if you so desire.
Build the layers by repeating the steps above, making sure to soak each layer with syrup. We used TWO cakes for the layer cake, each cut into two. If you wish, use a serrated knife to level the sides of the cake.
Spread buttercream on the top and sides of the cake.
Pour chocolate ganache on top (recipe to be posted).
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Aslm alkm wb. My daughter just made this and it turned out wonderfully mashaAllah. Just wondering about calories per serving?
I love this blog!
Slm alkm, wrwb. Thank you for this post, i did cook yesterday this cakekforfmy son birthday with one variation. I beat the eggs whites separately made it fomy, added sugar. As for the dry ingredients i mixed all and then added eggs yellows, oil, milk. Then i added the first mixture and mixed with spoon. It becomes quite inflated even before puting in oven, so we enjoyed decorating it afterwards. As for fruits the best would be to put after 2 layer variety of fruits, kiwi, strawberry, orange,pinapple, so all vitamin c fruits. I am going to stick anyway with your recepie for now. Thanks ahain
عاشت ايديكم بس بله زحمه الجناش بدون اي اضافات ممكن تكتبولي طريقته
هذا رابط الكريمة والجناش
/recipes/chocolate-buttercream-and-ganache/
Asalam Caleykoum,
Je vous remercie énormément de vos belles recettes. J’ai une question par rapport à ce gâteau. SVP, pourriez vous m’expliquez un peu plus comment vous avez fais la crème au chocolat et ce c’est quoi le nom du fruit jaune que vous avez ajouté.
Merci encore
Thank you very much for your comment. Here is a link for the Chocolate Buttercream /recipes/chocolate-buttercream-and-ganache/. We used canned peaches, but you can use any fruit you like.
hello&asalam-o-elakum
thanks for ur cannel i like it very much ,i want ur choco cake to make it but ther is a confusion. it is in recipe there is sugar granulated writen but when i watch it was not same sugar becase youtube page recipe is writen powdered sugar .i want u to tell is it granulated sugaru took measure it 267 and then make its powder or u took icing sugar .pls make it clear becase i am witing i want to make this recipe when u answer .jazak ALLAH KARE.WASALAM.THANKS
Thank you very much for your comment. We used granulated sugar.