Hot Chocolate Cake

This hot chocolate cake is very similar to Turkish Islak Cake, and that is exactly what makes it so good, soft, deeply chocolatey, and soaked with warm sauce so every bite stays moist and rich. The cake is baked first, then covered while still hot with chocolate sauce, which gives it that classic sticky, fudgy texture people love in an Islak-style cake.

Author: Delicate Kitchen

Meal Type: Peanuts Free

Cuisine: American

Difficulty: EASY

Prep. Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes

Servings: 1 cake

Calories: 4,960 kcal per serving

Ingredients

4 - eggs
120 grams - sugar
250 milliliters - milk
150 milliliters - butter
14 grams - baking powder
150 grams - flour
⅓ cup - cocoa powder
50 grams - oil
65 grams - sugar
30 grams - cocoa powder
250 milliliters - milk
vanilla extract
1 pinch - salt
250 grams - chocolate half milk chocolate and half dark chocolate
250 grams - heavy cream
cocoa nibs chopped hazelnuts, pistachios, or dried rose petals

Instructions

Preheat the oven and grease a baking pan that is not too small and not too large. Beat the eggs and sugar together until light and foamy. Add the milk and melted butter, then mix well. Add the flour, cocoa powder, and baking powder, and stir until combined.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick comes out clean with no crumbs. The cake should be fully baked but still soft.
While the cake is baking or shortly before it finishes, combine oil, sugar, cocoa powder, milk, vanilla extract, and a pinch of salt in a saucepan. Cook until smooth and slightly thickened.
As soon as the cake comes out of the oven, pour the hot sauce evenly over the warm cake. Let it soak in fully.
Heat the cream until very hot, then pour it over the chopped chocolate. Let it sit for a moment, then stir until completely smooth and glossy.
Spread the second chocolate layer over the cooled cake. Add your decoration of choice while the chocolate is still soft.
Let the cake rest before slicing, then serve and enjoy.

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