Hot Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon cocoa
• 1 cup flour
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 6 ounces bittersweet chocolate
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 4 large eggs
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup dark brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 ounces bittersweet chocolate

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 butter one 9-inch round cake pan and line the bottom with parchment paper. butter the parchment paper with 2 tbl butter and dust the pan with 1 tablespoon cocoa.
• 3 in a medium bowl, sift together the flour, 1/4 cup cocoa, salt, baking powder, cinnamon, and cayenne and set aside.
• 4 in a double boiler over simmering water, melt 6 ounces chocolate and the butter. set aside.
• 5 in a large bowl using an electric mixer set on medium high, beat the eggs and sugars until the mixture thickens and increases in volume--about 5 minutes. reduce mixer speed to low, add the chocolate mixture and the vanilla, and beat until combined. gradually add the flour mixture and beat until incorporated.
• 6 pour batter into prepared pan. bake on the middle shelf of the oven until cake springs back when lightly touched in the center--30 to 40 minutes.
• 7 cool cake in the pan on a wire rack for 20 minutes. invert the cake onto the wire rack, remove the parchment paper, and cool completely.
• 8 transfer cake to a serving dish. melt the remaining bittersweet chocolate and drizzle over the top of the cake.