chocolate cake & the importance of eating healthy
Servings: 10
ingredients:
- 250 g all-purpose flour
- 3 tbsp cocoa powder
- 3 tsp baking powder
- a pinch of salt
- 150 g sugar
- 2 eggs
- 150 ml olive oil
- 150 ml milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 25 g chopped pistachios (optional)
equipment:
- loaf tin (25 cm)
- electric handheld mixer
how to:
- Preheat the oven to 160° C fan.
- Line the loaf tin w/ baking parchment crosswise.
- Mix flour, baking powder, cocoa and salt.
- Whip the eggs & the sugar w/ your electric handheld mixer; add the olive oil, the milk & the vanilla extract.
- Add the flour mix & mix until there's a smooth mess.
- Add the chopped pistachios & mix - if you like.
- Fill the dough in the loaf tin & let it bake in the preheated oven for about 40 - 50 min.
- After 40 min make the famous test w/ the wooden pin ... & decide if to prolong the oven session by 5 or 10 min or whatever.
- Let the cake rest in the loaf tin for about 10 - 15 min; then lift it onto a cooling rack.
Notes
You may store the cake on your kitchen counter (covered) for about 3 - 4 days.
You may store it in the fridge - it'll get more dense.
Sorry - no experiences w/ freezing.