Description
A mouthwatering Greek style chocolate cake recipe (Sokolatopita) with ingredients you already have in your kitchen and no mixer required!
Ingredients
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For the chocolate cake
- 2.5 cups all purpose flour
- 3 flat tsps baking powder
- 2 cups lukewarm water
- 2 cups sugar
- 1.5 cups cocoa powder
- pinch of salt
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- zest of 1 orange
For the sauce
- 200g/ 7 oz. dark chocolate
- 30ml milk
- 1 tbsp butter
Instructions
- To prepare this Greek chocolate cake add in a large bowl the flour, baking powder, sugar, cocoa powder and salt. Whisk well using a hand whisk to combine the ingredients.
- In the same bowl add the water, vanilla essence and orange zest and whisk well to form a cake batter. Be careful to scrape the flour from the bottom of the bowl.
- Butter a 22×30 cm baking dish and pour in the chocolate cake batter. Bake on preheated oven at 170C/340F for about 30 min.
- Remove the chocolate cake form the oven and let it cool for about 1-2 hours.
- Prepare the sauce. In double boiler add the chocolate in small pieces, the milk and butter and stir with a spatula until the chocolate melts and the ingredients combine.
- Use a fork to make some holes on the top of the chocolate cake and pour over the chocolate sauce.
- Serve while still warm with vanilla ice cream. Enjoy!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 piece
- Calories: 285 kcal
- Sugar: 31.8g
- Sodium: 161.5mg
- Fat: 7.2g
- Saturated Fat: 4.1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2.5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 55.6g
- Fiber: 4.2g
- Protein: 4.6g
- Cholesterol: 2.9mg
Keywords: Greek chocolate cake, sokolatopita recipe