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This is the easiest chocolate cake I have ever made I am not the craziest about baking as it is something I have never really enjoyed doing but this was fantastic. I did ice mine with frosting and I then sprinkled coconut flakes over instead of icing sugar. I have saved this one, as my family loved it and I do not mind making this regularly because it is not time consuming at all. If you would like to view the original recipe please click here.
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Ingredients
1 1/2 Cups unsifted flour
1 Cup granulated sugar
1/3 Cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 Teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1/2 Teaspoon salt
1 Teaspoon vanilla essence
1 Tablespoon cider vinegar
1/2 Cup sunflower oil
1 Cup water
1 Tablespoon icing sugar (I didn’t bother with this as I iced mine with chocolate frosting)
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 190 C / 375°F.
2. Grease and flour a 20 cm cake tin.
3. Combine the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt.
4. Make a well in the centre of the mixture, and add the vanilla essence, vinegar and oil, then gradually stir in the water.
5. Continue stirring until thoroughly blended, but do not over-mix.
6. Pour all of the batter into the cake tin, and bake, uncovered, for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the centre of the cake, comes out clean.
7. Do not over bake, the secret to this cake is its moistness.
8. Cool in the in on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then transfer the cake from the tin to the rack, to cool completely.
I iced mine with frosting and sprinkled coconut over the top.
All photos taken by me unless otherwise stated.
I love tiramisu as does my family but it is soooo fattening, the whole through the lips on the hips kinda dessert. As you know I am in another recipe swap this month and I found this recipe from one of my groups selection so I thought I would try it. It was excellent the flavour was awesome and we gobbled it right up, I have to say I still prefer my more traditional version of this dessert but for a low fat version this has to be my favourite. I am the first to review this recipe so there are no other photos or reviews for it but if you would like to see the original version please click here. Please note that I did not alter this recipe at all except for adding some raspberries as was suggested at the bottom of the recipe, as I have a raspberry bush in my back yard and had a lot that needed using up.
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Ingredients
2 Cups brewed coffee
3-4 Tablespoons Frangelico
2 Egg whites
1 Cup custard (low fat or no fat)
350g Low-fat ricotta cheese
1/4 Cup icing sugar
250g Sponge cake fingers
1 Tablespoon cocoa powder
Method
1. Combine coffee and liqueur in dish; COOL.
2. Beat egg-whites until soft peaks.
3. In separate bowl, Beat custard, ricotta, icing sugar until smooth.
4. Fold in egg-whites.
5. Dip sponge fingers into coffee mix one at a time and place in 6 cm x 18 cm square dish; I used Pyrex.
6. Spread half the mixture on top of biscuits and place another layer of sponge fingers on top;.
7. Refrigerate for minimum of 6 hours or overnight.
8. Sprinkle sifted cocoa on top before serving.
9. NOTE: Strong brewed coffee is suggested.
10. NOTE: Can use Marsala liqueur or Kahlua or no liqueur at all.
11. NOTE: Can add 200g strawberries or raspberries to custard mixture.
All photos taken by me unless otherwise stated.
