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Easy Chocolate Cake

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Easy Chocolate Cake

Chocolate cake... very easy and sure to be loved by your kids. Prepare it, decorate it, and serve as a dessert or a light snack for yourself and your children. It’s cleaner and tastier than store-bought.

Total time125 min
Prep40 min
Cook85 min
Yield8 servings
DifficultyHard
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DessertsInternationalVegetarianDairy freeGluten freeNut freeHardLong cook

Recipe story

Chocolate cake... very easy and popular, perfect for kids

Ingredients

  • 4 eggs, at room temperature
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup milk
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 tablespoon Baking powder
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • 1/2 cup cocoa
  • 3/4 cup vegetable oil
  • Lemon zest
  • Juice of a lemon or orange
  • Easy Chocolate Cake recipe courtesy of a friend and chef at Shou Tabkhin Today:
  • Kholoud Abdel Nasser
  • Click on Kholoud to visit her page on our site and see her wonderful recipes
  • For a simple and wonderful cake, click the link: Sponge Cake Stuffed and Decorated

Method

  1. Beat the eggs then add the sugar and continue beating.
  2. Add the oil, orange juice, and milk and keep beating for about 3 minutes.
  3. Sift the flour into a bowl with the vanilla and baking powder.
  4. Add the egg mixture and the orange zest to the dry ingredients and mix.
  5. Pour half the batter into the cake pan; to the remaining half add the cocoa and mix, then pour it over the first half in the pan.
  6. Put the pan into a preheated oven at 180°C.
  7. After ten minutes, lower the oven temperature to 140°C and bake the cake for about 45 minutes or until done.
  8. Let it cool, decorate as desired, and serve.
  9. The Easy Chocolate Cake recipe is from a friend and cook of Sho Tabkhin Al-Youm:
  10. Kholoud Abdel Nasser
  11. Click on Kholoud's name to visit her page on our site and see her wonderful recipes.
  12. To make an easy and wonderful cake, click this link: Stuffed and Decorated Sponge Cake.
  13. #recipes #recipe #cake #easy_chocolate_cake #chocolate_cake #chocolate_cake #Sho_Tabkhin_AlYoum

Notes and serving ideas

  • Sponge Cake Stuffed and Decorated
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