This is a quick and easy chocolate cake with homemade whipped cream. The cake has a brownie chocolate texture which is perfect for all of those chocolate lovers!
You can personalize it to your tasting. The toppings in the recipe include blackberries, raspberries, grated dark chocolate and powdered sugar but you are free to add your favorite fruit.
Chocolate Berries Cake
Chocolate with homemade whipped cream, rasberries and blackberries
Cost: $$
Ingredients
Ingredients for the chocolate cake
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup cup cocoa powder
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- baking soda a pinch
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 2 eggs whites room temperature
- 75 gr powdered sugar
- 2 egg yolks room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 6 tbsp oil I used olive oil
Ingredients for whipped cream
- half cup chilled heavy whipping cream
- vanilla extract to your liking
Ingredients for toppings
- 1/2 cup berries/fruit of your choice I used a combo of blackberries and raspberries
- grated dark chocolate to your liking
- powdered sugar to your liking
Instructions
- First of all, you will grease 6” cake pan and set it aside.
- In a bowl mix all the dry ingredients (flor, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt) and set it aside.
- Beat your egg whites till they are fluffy. Add the powdered sugar gradually. Beat the egg whites till they are glossy. Continue adding the egg yolks and the vanilla extract. Beat them in. Gradually add the oil and beat the mix for 1/2 minutes.
- Add the dry ingredients. Fold them lightly using a spatula. Make sure to be gently and don’t over mix it. – Pour all in the pan and bake it in a preheated oven for 180 C /350 F for about 20-25 minutes.
- Meanwhile, whip your cream. Place the cream and vanilla extract in a large mixing bowl. Using a hand mixer, whip the cream until light and fluffy.
- Place your cake on a serving plate or cake stand. Using a spatula, gently spread the whipped cream on top of the cake in an even layer.- Top the cake with your berries/fruit. Slice and serve!
Hope you liked this simple cake! This is one of those quick recipes everyone can do and you don’t need any fancy ingredients or kitchen utensil. For example, you can make homemade whipped cream with a food processor, hand mixer, kitchen aid or the old fashion way, by hand!
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Easy and seems delicious
The steps make it seem more difficult than what actually is. Thank you 😊
I really like the recipe, great info, thanks for posting 😀