Recipe: Triple-chocolate poke cake
How to Make:
- Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan forced. Grease a square 20cm (base measurement) cake pan and line with baking paper, extending 2cm above sides.
- Combine flours, sugar and cocoa in a large bowl. Add butter, milk and egg and use a balloon whisk to whisk until well combined. Pour into pan. Smooth surface.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted into cake comes out clean. Set aside for 30 minutes to cool slightly. Use end of a wooden spoon to poke holes in cake.
- Stir condensed milk, chocolate and extra butter in a saucepan over low heat until smooth. Gradually pour half the sauce over cake. Tap pan on bench and fill up holes. Set aside for 1 hour to cool in pan.
- To make frosting, use electric beaters to beat butter in a bowl until creamy. Add milk and beat until combined. Add chocolate and beat to combine. Beat in icing sugar until combined. Chill for 15 minutes.
- Spread top of cake with frosting. Stir remaining chocolate sauce and extra milk in a small saucepan over low heat until smooth. Cool slightly. Drizzle over frosting. Top with chocolate lattice decorations.
Time for preparing:
35 min.
Servings:
9
Ingredients:
- 225g (1 1/2 cups) plain flour
- 75g (1/2 cup) self-raising flour
- 215g (1 cup) caster sugar
- 50g (1/2 cup) cocoa powder
- 150g butter, melted, cooled
- 250ml (1 cup) milk, plus 2 tablespoons, extra
- 3 eggs, lightly whisked
- 395g can sweetened condensed milk
- 200g dark cooking chocolate, chopped
- 50g butter, chopped, extra
- Dark chocolate lattice, to decorate Chocolate frosting
- 150g butter, at room temperature
- 2 teaspoons milk
- 100g milk chocolate, melted, cooled
- 125g (2/3 cup) icing sugar mixture
