Easy chocolate cake recipe

“A chocolate cake for the crazy chocolate fans is the simplest and most extraordinary pleasure.”

by Sidney Yang

Sidney Yang

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Updated Jun 23, 2026

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Ingredients for Chocolate Cake recipe

For the pastry

• 70 gr of butter soft
• 50 gr caster sugar
• 1 yolk egg
• 100 gr flour
• 1 pinch salt
• 50 g cocoa powder unsweetened

For garnish

• 200 grams of dark chocolate bitter
• ¼ pint of liquid cream
• 25 g butter

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Directions

Preparing the dough

1. The dough of the Chocolate Cake
2. Mix butter and sugar until the mixture whitens
3. Add the flour, cocoa, egg yolks, and salt.
4. Mix until blended.
5. Mash the dough and roll into a ball and let stand 2 hours in the fridge. ½ hour before cooking, remove the dough from the refrigerator and preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Butter the pan, spread the batter, and top with the pan. Put it in the oven for half an hour to cool.
6. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes by covering the dough to prevent it from swelling.
7. Watch cooking the dough so it does not burn.

Preparing filling / ganache

1. Finely chop the chocolate and pour it into a heatproof container.
2. In a saucepan, pour the cream and bring to a boil over low heat.
3. Pour over the chocolate and stir constantly until the melted chocolate and cream form a homogeneous mixture. Mix with a whisk or spatula to avoid adding air to the mix (ganache).
4. Pour over the pastry when it has cooled, spread evenly, then place the tart in the refrigerator after covering it with plastic film.
5. Remove the pie from the refrigerator 1 hour before serving so the filling softens slightly and becomes brilliant.

Ideas, tips & tricks

For convenience, I advise you to apply the hot cream 2 times over the chopped chocolate.
Feel free to add some spices to the cream mixture and the chocolate. There are a multitude of spices that blend very harmoniously with chocolate and bring out its flavors.
Serve this cake with whipped cream, raspberry coulis, and custard. — Also Read: Tabbouleh Salad 

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Easy chocolate cake recipe

Author: Sidney Yang  |  Servings: 8 servings

Prep Time: 10 min  |   Cook Time: 20 min

This is the Easiest chocolate cake recipe for the crazy chocolate fans, it is the simplest and most extraordinary pleasure.

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For the pastry

• 70 gr of butter soft
• 50 gr caster sugar
• 1 yolk egg
• 100 gr flour
• 1 pinch salt
• 50 g cocoa powder unsweetened

For garnish

• 200 grams of dark chocolate bitter
• ¼ pint of liquid cream
• 25 g butter

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Instructions

Preparing the dough

1. The dough of the Chocolate Cake
2. Mix butter and sugar until the mixture whitens
3. Add the flour, cocoa, egg yolks, and salt.
4. Mix until blended.
5. Mash the dough and roll into a ball and let stand 2 hours in the fridge. ½ hour before cooking, remove the dough from the refrigerator and preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Butter the pan, spread the batter, and top with the pan. Put it in the oven for half an hour to cool.
6. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes by covering the dough to prevent it from swelling.
7. Watch cooking the dough so it does not burn.

Preparing filling / ganache

1. Finely chop the chocolate and pour it into a heatproof container.
2. In a saucepan, pour the cream and bring to a boil over low heat.
3. Pour over the chocolate and stir constantly until the melted chocolate and cream form a homogeneous mixture. Mix with a whisk or spatula to avoid adding air to the mix (ganache).
4. Pour over the pastry when it has cooled, spread evenly, then place the tart in the refrigerator after covering it with plastic film.
5. Remove the pie from the refrigerator 1 hour before serving so the filling softens slightly and becomes brilliant.

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