Kladdkaka (sticky chocolate cake)
This 6 ingredient Swedish chocolate cake is not just a delight to eat, but is also really easy to bake! Enjoy a slice of it with berries, ice-cream or just as is - you are going to love it
Equipment
- Oven
Ingredients
- 100 g butter
- 125 g plain flour
- 200 g granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 25 g fine dark cocoa powder
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp salt
Instructions
- Melt the butter and let it cool. In a mixing bowl, whisk the eggs, sugar and vanilla extract until pale and airy
- Sift the flour and the cocoa powder together and gradually mix it in, with the salt, into the egg-sugar mixture. Whisk until smooth and completely incorporated
- Add the melted butter and mix it in uniformly. Then pour this batter in a cake tin
- Bake, in a pre heated oven, for 40 minutes, at 180°C. Keep checking on the cake every 15-20 minutes
- To test if the cake is done, after 40 minutes, gently press the centre, if the crust cracks then your cake is done
- Remove and let it cool. Serve the kladdkaka or sticky chocolate cake warm with some berries and/or vanilla ice cream. Enjoy!
Notes
- You can garnish the cake by dusting it with some castor sugar and berries
- The original recipe calls for the use of plain flour but I have used wheat flour instead. You may choose according to your taste or convenience
- g - grams
- tsp - teaspoon
- tbsp - tablespoon