Photography by Michael Alberstat
Food Styling by Sue Henderson
First published in Wish May 2005
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Chocolate Birthday Cake
This delicious cake is a family favourite recipe. It's a chocolate lovers dream.
Ingredients (Serves 8)
| 1 | cup sugar |
| 1 | cup all-purpose flour |
| 1 | teaspoon baking soda |
| 1/2 | teaspoon baking powder |
| 1/4 | teaspoon salt |
| 3 | tablespoons cocoa powder |
| 1/2 | cup water |
| 1/2 | cup milk |
| 1/4 | cup vegetable oil |
| 1 | egg, lightly beaten |
| 1/2 | teaspoon vanilla |
| 1 | cup 35% cream, whipped |
| Raspberry Filling |
Raspberry Filling
| 2-1/2 | cups frozen raspberries, in syrup |
| 1/4 | cup cornstarch |
Instructions
Raspberry Filling- Cook frozen raspberries with cornstarch to a rolling boil.
- Cool.
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Sift together all dry ingredients, except cocoa powder. Set aside.
- Combine cocoa powder, water and milk in a saucepan and bring to a full boil, being careful not to boil over.
- Remove from heat, add oil.
- Cool until mixture is lukewarm.
- Stir in the egg and vanilla to the cooled mixture.
- Using an electric mixer, add the dry ingredients to the wet, beating until smooth. Do not over-beat.
- Pour into a wax-paper lined, 8-inch round cake pan and bake for 25-30 minutes. (Check centre for doneness with a skewer.)
- Cool in pan on a rack.
- Cut cake in half horizontally with a serrated bread knife.
- Spread half the whipped cream on first layer. Add layer on top.
- Spread raspberry filling on centre of cake, then decorate edges with dollops of whipped cream all around.
Nutritional information
Nutrients per serving: 422 calories, 8 g fat, 5 g protein, 64 g carbohydrates, 5 g fibre.
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M. Puetz writes:
I've made this cake numerous times and it's always a crowd pleaser. I often make birthday cakes for my friends and after one such birthday occasion, my friend Murray commented "Mmm, this is friggin' good chocolate cake!". The cake now has the not so elegant name 'Friggin' Good Chocolate Cake' and is the number one request for birthday cakes in my recipe collection.
Thanks Wish Magazine!
—posted August 21, 2007 at 5:10 a.m.
prochef writes:
I made this cake tonight for a birthday party, I didn't eat it because I don't eat white flour or sugar, but everybody else wolfed it down! Everyone wanted seconds, and I've been instructed that I have to make it next time, too!
—posted December 10, 2008 at 6:33 p.m.
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