Aunt Petunia's Chocolate Cake
8 servings
80 minutes
Recipe from Harry Potter's Wizarding Baking.
1
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Line the bottom of a 25 cm diameter springform pan with parchment paper and grease the sides well with butter.
- Butter: 200 g
2
In a bowl, mix the sifted wheat flour, cocoa powder, and baking powder.
- Wheat flour: 200 g
- Cocoa powder: 2 tablespoons
- Baking powder: 10 g
3
In a separate bowl, beat the softened butter with sugar and salt until smooth.
- Butter: 200 g
- Sugar: 175 g
- Salt: pinch
4
Break the eggs one by one, beating each time until fluffy.
- Chicken egg: 4 pieces
5
Add dry ingredients and mix until smooth.
- Wheat flour: 200 g
- Cocoa powder: 2 tablespoons
- Baking powder: 10 g
6
Then add cherries and chocolate shavings, mix well.
- Canned cherries: 600 g
- Chocolate chips: 100 g
7
Pour the batter into the mold and smooth it out.
8
Bake for about 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove the pie from the oven and cool in the pan.
9
Carefully remove the pie from the mold, sprinkle with powdered sugar, decorate with fresh currants, and serve.
- Powdered sugar: to taste
- Currant: to taste