Devilish Chocolate Cake

• 3/4 cup Semi Sweet baking chocolate,
• 1/4 cup Cocoa Powder,
• 1/2 cup hot water,
• 170 gr. soft unsalted butter, 
• 4 Eggs,
• 2 Egg yolk,
• 1 cup White sugar, 
• 1 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract,
• ½ cup Milk,
• 1 ¾ cups Flour,
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda,
• ½ teaspoon salt,

• Sift the flour, baking soda and the salt together in a bowl and set aside.
• In another bowl add the cocoa powder to the hot water and whisk it smooth,




Cacao powder dissolved in hot water

 

• Add the melted chocolate. When the chocolate is complete dissolved, add your butter and vanilla extract to this and whisk all smooth.

• In your mixer bowl whip the eggs and the egg yolks on high speed with the whip attachment until foamy, and gradually start adding in your sugar very slowly. The eggs mixture will take about 5 minutes to reach the ribbon stage.




Foamy egg mixture

 

Ribbon stage

• Add the entire melted chocolate/cocoa powder mixture to the whipped egg mixture, and whip until it is all incorporated(about 20 seconds).




Adding the chocolate mixture to the egg mixture

 

• Next we start the alternating of the dry ingredients with the milk, beginning with the dry ingredients and ending with the dry, in 3 and 2 additions. Mix untill all the ingredients are incorporated.

• Pour the chocolate batter into your cake pan(s) and bake for approx 25-40 minutes.