In case of emergency, bake cake!
On a whim, I decided that I NEEDED --- just NEEDED --- to bake a chocolate cake. Because we were running low on baking supplies after the holiday baking, I searched for a very simple recipe. Although one ingredient wasn't on hand and two were running out, I decided to soldier on nonetheless and am happy to report that the result was highly edible (so much so that we ran out of cake even before the baking pan had cooled completely).
Sticky Chocolate Cake (Margaretas kladdkaka)
The ingredients in the recipe
3 eggs
3 deciliters (1 1/4 cups) sugar
4 - 6 tablespoons cocoa powder
125 grams liquid or melted margarine
1 1/2 deciliters (2/3 cups) gluten-free flour
butter for coating cake pan
Butchok's I-desperately-want-to-bake-a-chocolate-cake-now ingredients
3 eggs
1 deciliter white sugar
2 deciliters raw brown sugar (because we were out of white sugar)
60 grams dark chocolate
25 grams unsalted butter
70 grams Lätt&lagom low-fat butter-flavored shortening (because we were out of butter)
1 1/2 deciliters (2/3 cups) flour
butter for coating cake pan
[Appropriate substitution of cocoa with chocolate from joyofbaking.com]
Procedure
Preheat oven to 200°C.
If following Butchok's footsteps:
Zap chocolate and butter in microwave for 15 seconds.
Stir to distribute heat,
Repeat until completely melted.
Whisk together eggs and sugar.
Fold in cocoa/chocolate, margarine/butter, and flour.
Coat inside of cake pan (diameter approximately 10 inches) with butter.
Pour cake batter into pan.
Bake in middle of oven for 20 minutes.
EAT.
Sticky Chocolate Cake (Margaretas kladdkaka)
The ingredients in the recipe
3 eggs
3 deciliters (1 1/4 cups) sugar
4 - 6 tablespoons cocoa powder
125 grams liquid or melted margarine
1 1/2 deciliters (2/3 cups) gluten-free flour
butter for coating cake pan
Butchok's I-desperately-want-to-bake-a-chocolate-cake-now ingredients
3 eggs
1 deciliter white sugar
2 deciliters raw brown sugar (because we were out of white sugar)
60 grams dark chocolate
25 grams unsalted butter
70 grams Lätt&lagom low-fat butter-flavored shortening (because we were out of butter)
1 1/2 deciliters (2/3 cups) flour
butter for coating cake pan
[Appropriate substitution of cocoa with chocolate from joyofbaking.com]
Procedure
Preheat oven to 200°C.
If following Butchok's footsteps:
Zap chocolate and butter in microwave for 15 seconds.
Stir to distribute heat,
Repeat until completely melted.
Whisk together eggs and sugar.
Fold in cocoa/chocolate, margarine/butter, and flour.
Coat inside of cake pan (diameter approximately 10 inches) with butter.
Pour cake batter into pan.
Bake in middle of oven for 20 minutes.
EAT.