Chocolate Custard Cake
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Description
Use this cake recipe to deliver rich, dark, moist, and light chocolate custard cake your family will love.
Ingredients
- 3 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate
- ½ cup milk
- ⅔ cup packed brown sugar
- 2 eggs, separated
- 1 ¾ cups cake flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup butter
- ⅔ cup white sugar
- ¾ cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
- 1. In a saucepan, combine chocolate, 1/2 cup milk, brown sugar, and egg yolks. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until custard is thick and smooth. Cool.
- 2. Stir together flour, soda, baking powder, and salt.
- 3. In a large bowl, cream butter or margarine. Blend in white sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Mix together 3/4 cup milk and vanilla. Stir flour mixture into creamed mixture alternately with flavored milk. Make 3 dry and 2 liquid additions, combining lightly after each. Stir in cooled chocolate custard.
- 4. Beat egg whites to form stiff but moist peaks. Fold into cake batter, and beat by hand for 1 minute. Turn batter into two greased and floured 8 inch round cake pans.
- 5. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 25 to 30 minutes, or until cake springs back when lightly touched. Cool layers for 5 minutes, and then remove from pans. Cool completely.
Nutrition Facts
serving: 8 inch round layer cake
calories: 293.8 kcal
carbohydrates: 42.9 g
protein: 4.6 g
saturated fat: 7.7 g
cholesterol: 53.4 mg
sodium: 324.5 mg
fiber: 1.5 g
sugar: 24.4 g
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