Super Simple Chocolate Cake #CakeSliceBakers

This simple, small-size cake has all the flavor, beauty, and pizzaz of a full size, more highly decorated cake.  It is perfect for smaller, casual gatherings.

This is the final bake by the Cake Slice Bakers group for 2024......

Each month The Cake Slice Bakers are offered a selection of cakes from the current book we are baking through. This year it is The Cake Book: Beautiful Sweet Treats for Every Craving by Rebecca Firth. We each choose one cake to bake, and then on the 20th - never before - we all post about our cake on our blogs. There are a few rules that we follow, but the most important ones are to have fun and enjoy baking & eating cakes!

Follow our Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest pages where you can find all of our cakes, as well as inspiration for many other cakes. You can also click on the links below to take you to each of our cakes. If you have a blog and are interested in joining The Cake Slice Bakers and baking along with us, please send an email to thecakeslicebakers at gmail dot com for more details.

The Cake Slice Bakers also have a new Facebook group called The Cake Slice Bakers and Friends. This group is perfect for those who do not have a blog but want to join in the fun and bake through this book.

This is our final share from the book - The Cake Book: Beautiful Sweet Treats for Every Craving - and our choices for December 2024 were ~

Lemony Half Pound Cake

• All That's Left are the Crumbs

Simple Chocolate Cake

• A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Karen's Kitchen Stories

Apple Cinnamon Everyday Cake

• My Recipe Reviews

K.T.'s Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Cream Filling and Chocolate Ganache

• A Little Bit of All Right

For this final bake of the year we could choose any recipe that we wanted from this book.  It was a tough decision but I finally settled on this Simple Chocolate Cake that I served at a casual family dinner with some of my adult children that weren't going to be together on Christmas Eve or Day due to other obligations.  

It was a wonderful evening filled with laughter and joy.  We visited and had a wonderful dinner followed by this cake.  We then opened up few gifts that St. Nick had left when he visited on December 6th.  Each couple/person received a new game for their collection.  We finished up the night with  fun game of Family Feud, Movie Edition.

Yield: 8 servings

Author: Wendy Klik

Super Simple Chocolate Cake

This simple, small-size cake has all the flavor, beauty, and pizzaz of a full size, more highly decorated cake. It is perfect for smaller, casual gatherings.

Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 35 MinInactive time: 1 HourTotal time: 1 H & 45 M

Ingredients

• 1 c. sugar
• 3/4 c. olive oil
• 2 eggs, room temperature
• 1 T. vanilla
• 1/2 c. baking cocoa
• 1 t. baking powder
• 1 t. baking soda
• 1 t. salt
• 1 c. flour
• 1/2 c. hot water
• 1 c. dark chocolate chips
• 4 T. butter, room temperature
• 2 T. heavy cream
• 2 1/2 c. powdered sugar, sifted
• 4 oz. cream cheese,room temperature and cut into 8 pieces
• 2 t. vanilla

Instructions

1. Whisk together the sugar,olive oil, eggs, and vanilla in a large bowl. Sprinkle with the cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Whisk until well combined.
2. Sprinkle with the flour and gently fold in. Add the hot water and whisk until incorporated.
3. Pour into a 9" cake pan that has been treated with baking spray. Tap pan on counter to release any bubbles in the batter and bake in a preheated 350* oven for 35 minutes.
4. Remove to a wire rack and cool in pan for 15-20 minutes before turning onto the rack to cool completely.
5. Melt the butter, chocolate, and cream in the top of a double boiler (or heat-proof bowl set over simmering water), stirring frequently until smooth.
6. Remove from heat and let cool for 10 minutes. In large bowl of stand mixer, beat the cream cheese with the powdered sugar until completely combined. Stir in the vanilla.
7. With mixer on low speed, add the melted chocolate and stir until smooth and glossy.
8. Smear on top of the cake and garnish as desired. I used 4 squares of dark chocolate peppermint bark, chopped.

Notes

Adapted from a recipe found in The Cake Book

Nutrition Facts

Calories

749

Fat (grams)

41 g

Sat. Fat (grams)

17 g

Carbs (grams)

91 g

Fiber (grams)

3 g

Net carbs

88 g

Sugar (grams)

70 g

Protein (grams)

7 g

Sodium (milligrams)

644 mg

Cholesterol (grams)

75 mg

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