Take-home chocolate cake from Sweet (page 152) by Yotam Ottolenghi and Helen Goh

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Accompaniments: Chocolate ganache; Espresso cinnamon mascarpone cream

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  • Beth891 on December 23, 2024

    I didn't make the optional cream but otherwise made it as recipe although I used mainly 54% Cocoa dark chocolate rather than the 70%. Baked at 150 fan for 55 mins and it was about right- I maybe could have given it a minute or 2 longer but with a fudgey chocolate cake I'd rather it was fractionally under than over. Cake is really nice but the best bit is the ganache, I did the manual version rather than using a mixer and it was gorgeous and glossy and set just enough to top without being too hard or thick. I used lidls dark cooking chocolate (so not even expensive!) and it is so so good! Oh and my 4 year old helped me decorate:)

  • elifinn on August 18, 2023

    This was very good and appreciated by all but I think half the ganache for frosting would have been plenty. The whipped mascarpone with coffee does add something! I had skipped it the first time I made the cake but I'm glad I prepared it this time. I was nervous about baking time but in the end the cake did need the full hour.

  • Ms20 on April 18, 2022

    I wasn’t really impressed by this one. It was fine but the bon appétit easiest chocolate birthday cake remains my favorite for classic chocolate cake.

  • dinnermints on June 01, 2021

    I'd flipped by this cake recipe many times but assumed it would be complicated, and was a bit shocked to find it was one of the easiest chocolate cakes I've ever made. One bowl (well, and a small pot), no mixer required, fairly few ingredients, only one layer. Since it is fudgy, I found it a bit difficult to figure out when to pull it out (I was aiming for a few crumbs still clinging to the toothpick). For me, 65 minutes might have been a few minutes too long. Very good cake, but not sure if it will be my go-to.

  • anya_sf on January 02, 2021

    I baked 1/2 recipe as 6 small cakes using a jumbo muffin pan. Baked at 325 F (per the correction others noted) for 25 minutes - seemed right, but in hindsight would have baked them 1-2 minutes less, as they were slightly dry. Chocolate flavor was great. With the ganache and some vanilla ice cream, they were very good. I made the cream as well, using instant espresso in lieu of ground, but the coffee flavor was too strong for our liking. Would use maybe 1/2 or 1/3 the amount next time.

  • sosayi on April 29, 2019

    Made the cake and ganache, but not the whipped cream as I was serving it with ice cream. Excellent, dense and rich chocolate cake. Also, very easy to put together. I cooked the cake at 325 (temp listed in the corrected version) for 65 minutes.

  • FJT on April 05, 2019

    Simply delicious - I didn't make the ganache or the mascarpone cream that go with it. It stands well on its own, but if I were to serve it as a dessert I would go for something sharp to cut through the richness. Really easy to make and a very good chocolate cake recipe. I'm sure I'll make it again.

  • Jane on November 02, 2017

    I liked this cake a lot though it really needs the ganache and coffee/cinnamon cream to make it a special dessert. With those it was a lovely dessert for not a lot of effort or time. I found it took 65 minutes at 170C to be baked through. Be aware the recipe on the NYT website has the F conversion at 350 which is too high - it should be 338F. Not sure if the US edition of the book has the same error in conversion.

  • lou_weez on September 22, 2017

    AMAZING!!!! Instead of using coffee granules + 350ml water I made up 350ml of coffee , using my pod machine. The coffee flavour was probably a lot stronger, but we really enjoyed it :) Can't wait to make this again!

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