Devil’s Food Cake
Difficulty: Medium
Time: 30 min. preparation time, 25 min. baking time
Nutrition: Calories ca 621 / Protein 8g / Carbohydr. 66g / Fat 37g
Ingredients (12 servings)
| 280 g | butter (soft) |
| 4 cl | espresso |
| 2 tbsp | honey |
| 200 ml | milk |
| 110 g | cocoa powder |
| 200 g | all-purpose flour |
| 300 g | sugar |
| 1 tsp | baking powder |
| 1 | vanilla bean (seeds) |
| 2 | eggs |
| 300 g | chocolate (dark) |
| 200 ml | heavy cream |
Utensils
standing mixer or hand mixer with beaters, oven, palette knife (optional), cake platter (optional), rubber spatula (optional), 2 springform pans (Ø 24cm), 2 large bowls, 2 saucepans, whisk, cutting board, knife
Wine Tip
Dornfelder, sweet, 2012
This full and smooth red wine accentuates the aroma of espresso and honey. The fruity bouquet best unfolds at about 14 – 18°C/57 -65°F.
Step 1
Preheat oven to 180°C/355°F. Place parts of the butter, espresso, honey, and milk in a saucepan. Slowly heat until butter is melted.
saucepan, oven
130 g butter / 4 cl espresso / 2 tbsp honey / 200 ml milk
Step 2
In a large bowl, whisk together cocoa powder, all-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder, and seeds from the vanilla bean.
large bowl, whisk, cutting board, knife
110 g cocoa powder / 200 g all-purpose flour / 300 g sugar / 1 tsp baking powder / 1 vanilla bean
Step 3
Beat eggs until slightly foamy. Add melted butter mixture. Then slowly add in flour mixture and continue to beat until smooth.
standing mixer or hand mixer
2 eggs
Step 4
Transfer dough to 2 springform pans. Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C/355°F for approx. 25 min.
oven, 2 springform pans
Step 5
In the meantime, roughly chop chocolate. Heat heavy cream in a saucepan. Next, combine hot heavy cream, chocolate, and remaining butter in a large bowl. Stir until fully combined and set aside to cool for approx. 8 – 10 min.
saucepan, large bowl, rubber spatula, cutting board, knife
300 g chocolate / 200 ml heavy cream / 150 g butter
Step 6
Release the cake and spread a generous amount of the chocolate mixture onto the first cake base.
cake platter, palette knife
Step 7
Place the second cake base on top and cover the whole cake with remaining chocolate ganache. Serve with a cup of coffee or tea.
cake platter, palette knife
