I made an easy 3-ingredient chocolate cake in 20 minutes that was moist and so delicious (Image: Angela Patrone/Express)
You don’t need a lengthy, complicated or even turn on your oven to bake a scrumptious chocolate cake.
After spotting a three-ingredient chocolate cake online from baking pro Or Cohen of the food blog , it looked and sounded too good not to try out.
The baker said: “This three-ingredient chocolate cake is the easiest way to make a chocolate cake, and it tastes amazing! This chocolate cake is moist, rich in flavour, and quick.”
With a time of 20 minutes, all you will need for this cake is chocolate cookies, baking powder and milk.
There is the option to make a chocolate ganache to coat the top, which I did add, but that includes an extra two ingredients.
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You only need three ingredients for this chocolate cake sponge (Image: Angela Patrone/Express)
Ingredients
For the sponge
350g Oreos or any chocolate cookies, I used the double stuffed Oreos
244g milk
One teaspoon baking powder
For the chocolate ganache (optional)
100g double cream
100g dark chocolate
Method
I started by preheating my oven to 180 degrees and greased and lined an eight-inch cake tin with butter and baking parchment.
After weighing out the ingredients, I added the Oreos to my food processor until fine crumbs formed – I had to do this in two batches to ensure the biscuits crushed up fine enough.
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I added the Oreos to my food processor until fine crumbs formed (Image: Angela Patrone/Express)
I added the milk and baking powder to the crushed Oreos (Image: Angela Patrone/Express)
The cake took 20 minutes to bake (Image: Angela Patrone/Express)
In a big mixing bowl, I added the Oreo crumbs and poured in the milk and baking powder before mixing well until the batter was smooth.
I then poured the batter into the cake tin and placed it in the oven to bake for 20 minutes. To check if the cake is ready make sure to use a toothpick.
Once ready, I let the cake cool for 15 minutes in the tin before letting it fully cool on a rack.
In the meantime, I got started on the chocolate ganache. To do so I added the double cream and dark chocolate to a small bowl and microwaved it for one to two minutes.
In the meantime, I got started on the chocolate ganache (Image: Angela Patrone/Express)
All that was left to do was to pour the chocolate ganache over the cake (Image: Angela Patrone/Express)
The cake tastes just as delicious on its own and resembles the texture of a fudgy brownie (Image: Angela Patrone/Express)
I then let it sit for 10 minutes before giving it a mix until it was all smooth.
All that was left to do was to pour the chocolate ganache over the cake and let it set for a few minutes before digging in.
This cake would go incredibly well with ice cream on the side or simply with some fresh fruit on top – particularly raspberries.
However, the cake tastes just as delicious on its own and kind of resembles the texture of a fudgy brownie.