Today, the HozOboz recipe is again dedicated to dessert. Our dessert is truly the dream of all sweets - a chocolate cake. Moreover, this is a cake with a very unusual filling of apricot jam, and, frankly, this is doubly pleasant. To prepare such a dessert is a separate allowance, but there is even more so. In our review, as usual, we will discuss not only the exceptional taste of the product, but also its beneficial properties, starting from the ingredients. And, of course, this time the matter will also not do without a historical digression, especially since, already based on the components, you will immediately notice that the chocolate cake, the recipe of which we will offer, is very similar to the well-known and beloved Sacher cake .
Of course, it's hard to argue because there is cocoa, dark chocolate, and the most important ingredient - apricot jam, but still it's not "Sacher" and we'll prove it to you. The thing is that our recipe for chocolate cake is somewhat special, and this gives its taste its own zest, so let's hurry to find out everything ourselves and proceed to the review.
First, according to tradition, let's talk about the history of the dish. Of course, the history of chocolate desserts, and cakes are no exception, began no earlier than chocolate itself. And according to sources, it has a thousand-year history, or more precisely, chocolate has been known on earth for about three thousand years. The first information about cocoa, the main product from which chocolate is obtained, indicates that it had nothing to do with today's tasty and sweet dessert. The first to consume cocoa were the Aztecs, who considered this product sacred and prepared a special tart drink from it. When the Spaniards captured the territory of today's Mexico, then, along with other trophies, substantial reserves of cocoa beans were brought to Europe.
Since that time, the first information about this product has already appeared in Europe. However, the prices for cocoa were so high that even armed battles were fought for it - to get a ship carrying cocoa grains was considered a great success in those days. And the whole point was that it was not possible to grow cocoa in European territory, because this product requires special conditions and grows in a certain climate. And this fact has not changed so far - cocoa is grown mainly in South and partly Central America. Having captured Mexico, the Spaniards received a monopoly on cocoa and it lasted for about 100 years. Naturally, being monopolists, the Spaniards sold cocoa at an unthinkably high price, and only a select few, for example, King Louis XIV of France, could afford such a luxury. He then became a trendsetter for a chocolate drink, his court chefs cooked according to a special secret recipe. Already from him, the fashion for chocolate spread throughout Europe and eventually acquired the character of an epidemic.
Chocolate began to be drunk in England and Holland, and later it was no less loved in Germany, Italy and Switzerland, which today, by the way, is a manufacturer of not only the best watches, but also the most delicious chocolate. With the advent of engines that separate cocoa from fat, the price of chocolate began to drop noticeably, as this technology made it possible to preserve the product much longer. And as the price went down, it became more affordable and, as a result, more and more new recipes appeared with cocoa. This is how all these incomparable desserts appeared and it should be noted that a delicious chocolate cake is not the only thing that can be prepared using cocoa. It will make excellent chocolate icing for a cake, and a wonderful chocolate cream for a cake or pie, and hot chocolate in the form of a drink, and chocolates and much more at the request and imagination of the confectioner.
In other words, we can say that the advent of chocolate made a grand breakthrough in the confectionery industry and, in principle, became perhaps the greatest discovery in this area. Well, today almost every housewife knows how to make a chocolate cake, so our recipe will be another opportunity to surprise loved ones and enjoy it. After all, it’s hard to argue with the fact that a dessert bought in a pastry shop is wonderful, but if it’s a homemade chocolate cake, it’s doubly pleasant. Firstly, it is very tasty, and secondly, it is much healthier, because you use only the best products and there are no additives or preservatives - that's what you need!
We will not torment you anymore and now we will tell you how to make a chocolate cake at home. Moreover, in order to get a really tasty homemade chocolate cake, we recommend that you follow the recipe strictly.
Dough Ingredients:
Filling Ingredients:
Cake Ingredients:
Prepare all the products necessary for the test and start cooking;
Put softened butter and sugar in a bowl for dough;
Thoroughly mix these two ingredients with a mixer;
Add two eggs to the resulting mixture;
Beat the butter with eggs and get a batter;
Pour wheat flour into it;
After that, add cocoa powder immediately;
Mix everything with a mixer - now the dough has become thick;
Add nuts, previously chopped, and mix everything again;
We put a bowl in a water bath and put pieces of chocolate in it;
When the chocolate starts to melt, add water and wait until the liquid glaze is obtained;
Then the icing should be added to the already prepared dough, while constantly beating it with a mixer;
As a result, the finished dough will turn out to be somewhat watery, but this should not scare you. When choosing a form, pay attention to the fact that during baking, the cake almost does not increase in size;
We cover the baking dish with paper and grease with oil;
Now pour the dough into the mold;
Put the mold in the oven and bake for about 60 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees;
After the required time has passed, we take out the cake and check its readiness with a match or a toothpick. If there is no dough left, the cake is ready;
Remove the finished cake from the mold and let it cool;
When the cake has cooled down, it should be cut into two parts so that it turned out as in the photo;
Now we generously grease the lower cake with apricot jam;
We cover it with the second half on top and it turns out something similar to a sandwich with apricot jam;
Now let's cook the glaze. For glaze, put a bowl of chocolate in a water bath;
When the chocolate melts, pour in the cream;
You should get a thick icing, which needs to be smeared on the cake from all sides;
Top of the finished cake can be decorated with chopped nuts. The finished chocolate cake should look like in the photo;
Bon appetite.
Now it's time to figure out how chocolate cake, the recipe of which, and even with step-by-step photos, we will offer you today, can be so useful for our health and the body as a whole. Let's find out based on the main products that make up its composition.
This delicious chocolate cake, the recipe of which we have prepared especially for you, will be a real find. It's easy to prepare, keeps well, and tastes great. To make a chocolate cake at home, you will not need additional tools or unusual products - everything is familiar and familiar from childhood, but no less tasty. We promise you a lot of pleasure, but we want to note that it is better to serve such a cake with a cup of aromatic coffee or tea. We wish everyone a great mood and desire to create - because the result directly depends on this. If you have your own recipes for similar dishes, we look forward to them, share with us and our readers.
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