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Chocolate German Cake
Chocolate German Cake
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Chocolate German Cake

4.0
5 mins
30 mins
Easy
12

If you love chocolate and condensed milk, then this is the cake for you! A rich chocolate cake with a creamy, coconut icing.

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  • Ingredients
  • Method

Ingredients

  • 2 ½ cups Flour
  • 2 tsp Baking powder
  • 2 cups Chelsea White Sugar
  • ½ cup Cocoa
  • 1 ½ tsp Baking soda
  • 2 Tbsp White Vinegar
  • 1 cup Milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup water (to dissolve baking soda)
  • 125g Butter

Icing

  • 150-200g Butter
  • ½ tin Condensed Milk
  • ½ packet Coconut

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White Sugar

White Sugar

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Method

In a large bowl, put in all dry ingredients and mix together.

In a saucepan put in butter and melt over low heat. Remove from heat then add milk, vinegar, eggs, baking soda dissolved in water. 

Pour wet ingredients into the dry and mix well, making sure not to over mix. Pour into well butter cake tin and bake 180°c for 30 - 45 minutes or until knife comes out clean.

Icing
In a saucepan put in butter and melt over low heat. Remove from heat add condensed milk and coconut mix and spread over cake when cool.

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