Chocolate Sponge Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 pinches salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla essence
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup oil
• 2 eggs
• 2/3 cup whipping cream
• 260 g semisweet chocolate (40%-50% cocoa)

Recipe

• 1 mix flour, cocoa, baking powder, sugar and vanilla in a bowl.
• 2 add milk, oil and eggs.
• 3 mix everything until smooth at a slow speed with a mixer.
• 4 bake at 180°c for 35 to 45 minutes.
• 5 cool in pan for 10 minutes, then invert and cool on rack.
• 6 for frosting heat cream in a saucepan don't let it boil add chopped chocolate mix until smooth let cool until it thickens (can be put in fridge).
• 7 use1/3 icing between the layers 1/3 frosting on top and rest around the cake .
• 8 refrigerate the cake to harden the frosting but serve it at room temperature.