For Chocolate Cake

Name: For Chocolate Cake
Cook time: 18 min
Total time: 18 min
Yield: Yield: one 10-inch cake
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons potato starch; ¾ cup unbleached all-purpose flour (protein 3 grams per ¼ cup); 4 tablespoons very warm to hot water; 4 tablespoons good-quality unsweetened Dutched cocoa (for example, Droste brand); 2 teaspoons vanilla sugar, or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; Pinch of salt (about ⅛ teaspoon); 1 tablespoon coffee liqueur, optional; 2 teaspoons vanilla sugar, or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; ⅔ cup sugar; 4 eggs, at room temperature

Preparation info

Yield:
one
10 inch cake

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
20 min

Appears in

German Heritage Baking

By Heidrun Metzler

Published 2024

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Ingredients

Ingredients for Chocolate Cake

4 eggs, at room temperature
⅔ cup sugar
¾ cup

Europe
Germany
Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Directions for Chocolate Cake

Position a rack in the top third of the oven (one rung above middle) and preheat to 350°F. Butter the pan and line with parchment paper in preparation for baking (see