Ingredients to make Chocolate cake with cocoa:
- 120 grams of wheat flour
- 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 1 egg
- 100 milliliters of water
- 50 grams of sugar (¼ cup)
- 2 tablespoons of neutral oil
- 1 dessert spoon of vanilla essence
- 1 orange (zest)
- 80 grams of chocolate for coverage (optional)
How to make Chocolate cake with cocoa:
- To start with the cocoa chocolate sponge cake recipe, first mix the egg with the sugar.
- Tip:these quantities are for a mold with a diameter of 18 cm, but you can adapt them according to the mold you have.
- Add the oil and vanilla essence. If you want, you can add orange zest, since this citrus combines perfectly with chocolate.
- On the other hand, mix the dry ingredients, that is, the flour with the bicarbonate, the baking powder and the cocoa.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ones, sifting them previously with the help of a sieve or fine strainer. In this way, you will get a fluffy and delicious chocolate cake.
- Join the ingredients of your chocolate cake with cocoa and add the hot water. Mix until there are no lumps.
- Prepare a mold with a little butter or oil and flour. Preheat the oven to 180ºC.
- Pour the cake mixture into it and cook it in the oven for 20-25 minutes or until, when pierced with a toothpick or knife, it comes out clean. The chocolate cake with cocoa is almost ready!
- Unmold the cocoa cake once cold. If you want, you can cover it with chocolate for coverage or sprinkle icing sugar on top. Serve it up and enjoy
