Efrat's Notebook

Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Spread and Candied Nuts Draft

An oil-based chocolate cake I bake in three loaf pans at once, then pour thinned chocolate spread over the tops and scatter halva and candied nuts on them.

  • Cook45 min
  • Total45 min
  • Makes3 loaf cakes
  • KashrutParve

What you need

Amount:3

Cake (for 3 loaf pans)

Topping

Decoration

How I make it

Cake

  1. Preheat the oven to 340°F (170°C).

  2. In a bowl, mix the flour, sugar, cocoa, cocoa drink mix, baking powder and baking soda.

  3. In a pitcher, whisk the eggs with the oil and add to the dry ingredients.

  4. Pour in the water, add the vanilla sugar and vanilla extract, and whisk well until smooth.

  5. Pour into 3 loaf pans greased with cooking spray and bake at 325°F (160°C) for about 45 minutes, until the cakes spring back to the touch and a toothpick comes out with moist crumbs.

Topping

  1. Stir the chocolate spread with the boiling water until it has the texture of a thick sauce.

  2. Pour over the cakes and let it soak in partly.

  3. Scatter the decorations on top: shredded halva, toasted coconut, candied nuts and toasted pistachios.

What I've learned

  • For the decoration I use whatever I feel like, halva, candied nuts or whatever is in the pantry.

Source: ChefEf (chefef.com)