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Chocolate cake with syrup (aka Sokolatopita in greek) Recipe
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To be with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have chocolate cake with syrup (aka sokolatopita in greek) using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Chocolate cake with syrup (aka Sokolatopita in greek):
- Prepare 160 gr sugar
- Get 100 gr butter
- Take 80 ml water
- Get 1 unwaxed orange
- Get 100 gr flour
- Get 20 ml cognac (or 20ml fresh orange juice if you want it free)
- Get 2 eggs
- Get 30 gr cocoa powder
- Make ready 15 gr baking powder
- Prepare For the syrup
- Prepare 200 gr sugar
- Take 400 ml water
- Prepare 50 gr cocoa
Steps to make Chocolate cake with syrup (aka Sokolatopita in greek):
- In a pan over medium heat add the butter, the water, the sugar and the zest of one orange by using a microplane or a zester or the zesting side of a grater. When the butter melts, add the cognac (or the orange juice) and the cocoa and stir the mixture.
- Remove the pan from the heat and add then add the eggs and stir constantly till it becomes like a mixture of hot chocolate drink. Then, add the baking powder and flour and continue stirring till it’s a homogenous mixture.
- Butter a baking dish and dust lightly some cocoa powder around the inside of the greased tin (so as to prevent the mixture sticking). Then turn it upside down over your kitchen work surface or sink and knock gently to remove any excess cocoa.
- Pour the mixture in the baking dish and bake for about 30-35 mins at 170deg C. I used a dish of 27x18. If you use a different one the baking time may need to be adjusted.
- In a clean pan add the water, the sugar and the cocoa over medium to high heat and let it boil. As soon as it starts boiling switch of the stove and let the syrup aside.
- When the cake is ready (you can test it by deeping a knife in the cake. If it comes out clean the cake is ready), cut it in pieces and then pour the syrup over it slowly so that it gets absorbed. Let it for about 20-30 minutes and then serve. Enjoy!
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