Cooking for engineers - Kladdkaka sticky chocolate cake recipe

Here’s the technical specification for a chocolate cake that’s popular in scandinavia. There’s no raising agent such as baking powder so, while it gets crispy on the outside, it stays gooey and sticky in the middle. It’s very quick to make and so tasty!

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Prerequisites

These measurements make 6-8 slices. The ratios are 1 butter : 1 flour : 2 sugar : 2 eggs: 3/4 cocoa

• An oven at 175C
• Cake tin ~22cm diameter

Ingredients

Dry ingredients

• 2 dL / 170g sugar
• 1 dL / 55g flour
• 3/4 dL / 35g cocoa powder
• 1 tea spoon vanilla sugar (substitute with a little vanilla powder)

Wet ingredients

• 100g butter, melted and cooled to room temperate
• 2 eggs

For the cake tin

• Breadcrumbs
• Butter

Optional for serving on the side

• Cream, whipped

Implementation steps

Step 1: Set oven to 170C

Step 2: Melt the butter

Melt the butter and transfer it to a bowl to cool back down to room temperature

Step 3: Prepare the cake tin

While butter is cooling, rub the inside of cake tin with butter. Then pour in some breadcrumbs and rotate the tin so the breadcrumbs coat the base and sides of the tin until they’re covered. This will make the edge of the cake have a crispy texture.

Step 4: Whisk eggs and sugar

Wisp eggs and sugar until pale and fluffy. These air bubbles are the only air this cake gets as there’s no yeast or baking powder.

Step 5: Add the butter

Add the cooled melted butter and stir it in

Step 6: Blend the dry ingredients

In a separate bowl blend the dry ingredients so the flour, cacao and vanilla are evenly distributed

Step 7: Fold in the dry mix

Fold the dry mix into the egg+sugar

Step 8: Pour into the cake tin

Pour into the buttered & crumbed cake tin

Step 9: Bake

Bake for 15 minutes. Not longer as you want it gooey in middle.

Step 10: Whip the cream

While it’s baking, whip some cream to accompany the cake when serving.

Step 11: Clean up the kitchen

Clean up the kitchen while the cake finishes baking. Wash the mixing bowls and utensils, put away the ingredients and wipe down the work surface so the kitchen is clear when the cake comes out.

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