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Simple Chocolate Cake:

WET

2 cups (400 grams) granulated white sugar

2 large eggs

1 cup (240 ml) warm water or coffee (used soda water)

1 cup (240 ml) milk (used cashew milk)

1/2 cup (120 ml) corn, vegetable, safflower or canola oil

1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

3/4 cup (75 grams) unsweetened cocoa powder (natural or Dutch-processed)

DRY

1 3/4 cups (245 grams) all-purpose flour (added 1/2 cup more ap flour & 1/2 cup almond flour)

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

Read more: https://www.joyofbaking.com/cakes/SimpleChocolateCake.html#ixzz8mrReQjbL

meringue: https://www.sugarsaltmagic.com/chocolate-meringue-brownie-cake

To start: 

Sift dry ingredients together in a bowl. 

Add eggs and sugar to a stand mixer bowl or hand beat, cream the eggs and sugar together until light and ribbony. Pour the oil in slowly on a higher speed. 

This is when I added the chocolate powder and stirred to combine. 
Add the 2 cups of liquids ("milk" & "coffee") as well as the vanilla and stir to combine. 

Add in the flour and stir to combine but do no over mix. 

Once the batter is combined pour into a prepared baking vessel of your choice lined with parchment paper.

Bake 350ºF  40-60 minutes depending on baking pan size. 

This recipe was a massive amount and i used my largest cake pan  10" pan and it took an incredibly long time to bake.  

NOTES: I used this cake recipe to make the choco meringue chocolate cake for service. 

This batter was very wet, i added 1/2 cup of almond flour, 1/2 cup of ap flour. 

I used cashew milk instead of cow with dissolved instant coffee crystals in the milk. 

I used soda water for the the "warm water/coffee" 

I made the meringue topping to be baked on top of the cake. 

The recipe I was reading from suggested 30 minutes into the cake baking time to remove the cake and add the meringue to the top but this was not the cake recipe they were using. 

I should have baked the cake until it had 3/4 baked (not giggling in the middle) and then added the meringue. 

The meringue needs to bake for 30 minutes, then be left in the hot over with the temp off for 30 minutes, then open the oven door temp off and sit another 30 minutes. 

then the cake and topping should be done. stick a knife in to see if it come out clean. 

next time I will split the batter into two pans and top with the meringue. 



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