Detailed step-by-step description of how to cook the dish "The best chocolate cake with gold leaf". Try it by all means
- Preheat the oven to 160°C. Grease and line a 23cm springform cake pan.
- Place the cocoa powder, coffee, vanilla and 1/2 cup cold water in a bowl and whisk until smooth. Set aside.
- Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda and a pinch of salt and set aside.
- Place the butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition, then stir in the melted chocolate. Add the dry ingredients, alternating with the cocoa mixture.
- Pour into the prepared pan and bake for 1 hour. Remove from the oven and cool in pan for 5 minutes, then turn out on a wire rack to cool completely.
- To make the glaze, place the ingredients in a saucepan over low heat and stir until the butter has melted and the mixture is smooth.
- Cool for 5 minutes, then pour over the cake to cover it completely. When set, use tweezers to place sheets of edible gold leaf in patches around the cake.
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