Simple Chocolate Cake for Springform

Ingredients

• 200 g butter
• 7 tbsp cocoa powder
• 110 g whole wheat flour
• 110 g wheat flour type 1050
• 1 tsp Baking powder
• 230 g raw cane sugar
• 0.5 tsp Salt
• 1 vanilla pod
• 2 Eggs
• 150 g Sour cream
• 150 g dark chocolate
• 15 g coconut oil
• 2 tbsp chocolate shavings
• 1 tbsp powdered sugar from raw cane sugar

Instructions

1. 1.

   Melt butter in a pot, stir in cocoa and 125 ml water.

2. 2.

   Sift flours and baking powder into a bowl, mix with sugar and salt. Split vanilla pod lengthwise, scrape out the seeds and add them.

3. 3.

   Whisk cocoa butter, eggs and sour cream thoroughly with flour. Pour dough into a parchment-lined pan and bake in preheated oven at 175 °C (fan 160 °C; gas: level 2–3) for 45–50 minutes (test with skewer). Let cool.

4. 4.

   For glaze, chop dark chocolate and melt with coconut oil over a bain‑marie. Brush the simple chocolate cake with glaze. Decorate with chocolate shavings and powdered sugar before serving.