Sascha’s Scrumptious CHOCOLATE CAKE Recipe Made by Shaun 🇹🇹

Shaun demonstrates how his sister Sascha makes her scrumptious Chocolate Cake packed with all the necessary fixings:

Ingredients:

Lotus Cake Flour - 1 3/4 cups

Cocoa Powder - 3/4 cups

Baking Powder - 1 1/2 tsp

Baking Soda - 1 1/2 tsp

Salt - 1 tsp

Granulated Sugar - 2 cups

Boiling Water - 1 cup

Full Cream Milk - 1 cup

Soya Bean Oil - ½ cup

Vanilla Extract - 2 tsp

Eggs - 2 large

Icing:

Dark Chocolate Chips - 8 oz

Whipping Cream - ¾ cup

Sea salt - pinch

Lotus Icing Sugar - ¾ cup

Method:

1. Grease and flour two 9” round cake pans.

2. Set aside.

3. Preheat oven to 350 F.

4. Sift all dry ingredients into a bowl.

5. Set aside.

6. Combine all wet ingredients.

7. Gradually whisk wet ingredients into dry ingredients.

8. Once well incorporated, transfer to cake pans.

9. Knock pans to remove any air bubbles.

10. Place in oven and bake for 25 to 30 minutes.

11. Once fully cooked, allow to cool on your kitchen counter for 10 minutes.

12. Clingwrap cakes while hot and allow to chill in fridge until fully cooled.

13. Place dark chocolate in a bowl.

14. Set aside.

15. Scald whipping cream or heat in your microwave.

16. Pour hot cream over chocolate and season with salt.

17. Stir with your spatula until chocolate is fully melted and mixed evenly with the hot cream.

18. Cover with clingwrap as illustrated in the video and place in your fridge to cool (about 4 hours or overnight for best results).

19. Using a cake beater, at low speed, whip mixture to lighten and incorporate air for 2 minutes before whipping in icing sugar.

20. Continue to whip until icing forms soft peaks.

21. Place in your fridge to chill.

22. Carefully remove cakes from pans.

23. Using a serrated knife, level both cakes.

24. Place one on cake stand or plate.

25. Top with icing.

26. Level off and top with remaining cake.

27. Ice cake with remaining icing as illustrated in the video.

28. Cut a slice and enjoy!