Italian
Chocolate Cake
by Cucina con Ruben · 548K subscribers on YouTube
A simple, quick, and gluten-free chocolate cake with a salted chocolate ganache topping.
- Cook
- 35 min
- Difficulty
- easy
Ingredients
12 items- Cane Sugar
- Vanilla
- Seed Oil
- Milk(optional) — Or plant-based milk
- Baking Powder
- Rice Flour
- Potato Starch
- Cocoa
- ButterFor greasing the pan
- CreamFor ganache
- Dark ChocolateFor ganache and topping
- SaltPinch for salted ganache
Method
- Mix brown sugar and vanilla in a bowl.
- Add vegetable oil and milk (or plant-based milk) and mix.
- Add baking powder, rice flour, potato starch, and cocoa powder. Whisk until smooth.
- Butter a baking pan and pour in the batter.
- Bake at 180°C for 35 minutes.
- For the ganache: heat cream and pour over dark chocolate. Stir until smooth.
- Add a pinch of salt to the ganache.
- Pour the ganache over the cooled cake and finish with extra chocolate shavings.
Cucina con Ruben
Home cookReviewer548K subscribers on YouTube242.9M total channel viewsRuben Bondi - cucina italiana, kosher e giudaico-romana. Diventato noto durante il lockdown cucinando dal balcone a Trastevere.


