Chocolate Cake

In my family, mostly non of them fancy of chocolate. They prefer vanilla over chocolate more. For me, I prefer chocolate, I like the rich and aromatic cocoa. And do you know that chocolate makes people happy and reduce of sarrow and stress, isn't better than seeing a psychiatrist.

It has been so long since I baked a chocolate cake and I'm kind of wanted to eat too. This chocolate cake does not required a lot of ingredient. Just the few simple ingredients that you can find in your kitchen if you are a regular baker. (◕‿-)

Recently the strawberry selling in the supermarket are so bright (red) in colour and consider sweet (the fruits) and it's so match with the dark chocolate cake when placed together.

The chocolate cake is so moist, rich and fragrant even thorough I use fresh milk instead of whipping cream. I bought and used van houten cocoa powder as my hershey cocoa powder had finished up. I glad I bought van houten cocoa although it cost slightly more than hershey brand. I think houten cocoa powder is better even the colour of the cocoa is darker than hershey.

I miss the chocolate cake right now after talking so much here.

Recipes source: Oksashi Book

Ingredient A (Egg Yolk batter):
- 4 egg yolks
- 35gm cake flour
- 50gm cocoa powder
- 100gm sweet chocolate (55% cocoa)
- 80gm unsalted butter (cut into small cubes)
- 40gm castor sugar
- 50 whipping cream (I use low fat fresh milk)

Ingredient B (Egg White/Meringue): 
- 4 egg whites
- 100 castor sugar
- Icing sugar for dusting on the cake

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 170°C. Prepare an 18-cm round cake pan with a removable base. Line with parchment paper on the base and side. 
2. Sift flour and cocoa powder together twice and set aside.
3. Melt chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl set over a pot of simmering water. Once chocolate and butter have melted, add sugar, egg yolks and cream or milk and mix well using a hand whisk. Set aside. *I add in the yolk one at a time and whisk it after every yolk add in.
4. In a separate bowl, whisk the egg whites till stiff peaks form and glossy. With a hand whisk, fold in 1/3 of the meringue to chocolate mixture and fold. Add flour and cocoa powder and fold in thoroughly. Add the remaining meringue and fold just until incorporated. 
5. Pour batter into prepared cake pan and bake for about 50 min or until a toothpick inserted into the centre and side comes out clean. 
6. When cake is done, unmould from pan and leave to cool on a wire rack.
7. Dust cake with icing sugar, slice and serve.