The best chocolate cake with gold leaf

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Recipe «The best chocolate cake with gold leaf» presented in category Recipes / Vegetarian, to prepare this dish you will need no more 1:10 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 1/2 cup good-quality cocoa powder, sifted, 3/4 cup strong dark coffee, 2 tsp vanilla extract, 2 1/2 cups plain flour, 1 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda , 185g unsalted butter, softened, 1 1/2 cups caster sugar, 3 eggs , 180g good-quality dark chocolate, melted, cooled, 6 sheets edible gold leaf, to garnish*, 250g good-quality dark chocolate, 125g unsalted butter, 2 tsp glycerine*, 2 tsp light corn syrup.

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup good-quality cocoa powder, sifted 
  • 3/4 cup strong dark coffee 
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract 
  • 2 1/2 cups plain flour 
  • 1 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda 
  • 185g unsalted butter, softened 
  • 1 1/2 cups caster sugar 
  • 3 eggs 
  • 180g good-quality dark chocolate, melted, cooled 
  • 6 sheets edible gold leaf, to garnish* 
  • 250g good-quality dark chocolate 
  • 125g unsalted butter 
  • 2 tsp glycerine* 
  • 2 tsp light corn syrup 

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 160°C. Grease and line a 23cm springform cake pan.
  2. Place the cocoa powder, coffee, vanilla and 1/2 cup cold water in a bowl and whisk until smooth. Set aside.
  3. Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda and a pinch of salt and set aside.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.