Easter Chocolate cake
This easy Easter chocolate cake is so easy that you won't even need a mixer. Just mix all the ingredients with a whisk for a delicious soft chocolate cake.
Servings: 12
Ingredients
For the cake
- 3 eggs
- 1 ½ cup sugar
- 1 cup hot water
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- 1 ½ cup all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
For the Soft Brigadeiro
- 4 tablespoon Hot milk (it could also be hot water)
- 2 tablespoon cocoa
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk
Decoration
- 1 chocolate bunny
- Easter chocolate eggs
- green coconut flakes
Instructions
For the Cake
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Grease and lightly flour a 12-cup bundt cake pan.
- In a small bowl, heat a cup of water (I heated mine for 90 seconds in the microwave) and dissolve the cocoa powder in the water, stirring it with a whisk. Add vanilla and set aside.
- In another bowl, add flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set it aside.
- In a big bowl, add the eggs and beat them with a whisk until they are well mixed and some bubbles have formed. Add sugar and mix until well incorporated. Then add oil, chocolate mixture, and stir.
- After all the wet ingredients have been combined, add the dry ingredients that were set aside. Add it slowly, whisking constantly until thoroughly combined.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake it for approximately 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
For the Soft Brigadeiro
- In a small saucepan, before turning the heat on, mix the hot milk and cocoa until no clumps are left.
- Then, add the condensed milk and stir until combined. Turn on the heat, add butter, and stir the mixture constantly, with a spatula or wooden spoon, so it won't stick to the bottom of the pan. Once it starts boiling, stir it vigorously for about 1 minute and turn off the heat.Usually, the thickening process takes about 5 minutes total, but this will depend on the heat intensity and condensed milk brand (some are thicker than others).
- We are looking for a consistency that will be thick enough to stay on the cake, but not so thick that will be hard to spread over the cake. Keep in mind that it'll thicken a lot more after it cools down. If you think that it has thickened too much, you can add 1 tablespoon of milk at a time, stirring until desired consistency is achieved.
Assembling the cake
- While the cake is still warm, run a knife around the cake to make it easier to remove it. Remove the cake from the pan, and place it in a cake plate.
- Turn it upside down, with the flat side up, so it'll be easier to decorate.
- Spread the soft brigadeiro (still hot) over the cake.
- For the decoration shown in this photo, I placed a small saucer to cover the hole in the cake and placed a chocolate bunny on top of it. Then I put some coconut flakes over the saucer, which I colored with a few drops of green food coloring, and put some chocolate eggs on top.
- Enjoy it with a delicious cup of milk.
Notes
Green Coconut Flakes: To dye the coconut flakes, simply put them inside a plastic bag and add a few drops of green food coloring. Close the bag and rub the flakes on the food coloring, shaking the bag so all flakes can get in contact with the dye.