Death by Chocolate cake. Death by chocolate cake is layers upon layers of chocolate and the ultimate chocolate dessert. The tallest and proudest cake on the block but there's no need to be intimidated. This cake is easy pull together and will be the greatest show (heart) stopper.

Paired with easy chocolate buttercream and a rich ganache drip, you might be dead but you'll be happy! This Death by Chocolate Cake contains four layer of rich chocolate cake frosted with decadent chocolate buttercream and topped with melted chocolate. This is by far one of the richest, most decadent cakes I've ever made. You can cook Death by Chocolate cake using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Death by Chocolate cake

You need 1 cup of flour.
It's 1/4 tsp of salt.
You need 1/2 tsp of bicarbonate of soda.
You need 1/3 cup of cocoa powder.
Prepare 1 cup of castor sugar.
Prepare 1/2 cup of hot water + 1tsp coffee.
Prepare 1/2 cup of milk.
It's 2 of eggs room temp.
It's 1 tsp of vanilla essence.

If you're a chocolate lover then this is the cake for you! Layers and layers of moist and decadent chocolate cake. So good it might just kill you but at. Chocolate cake, chocolate frosting and a scattering of chocolate chunks and chocolate chips.

Death by Chocolate cake step by step

Mix hot water and coffee and set aside..
Sift the flour, bicarb, salt, baking powder, cocoa and sugar in a large bowl.
Add the coffee mix, oil and milk to the dry ingredients and beat well for 2 minutes.
Add the eggs and vanilla and beat for another 2 minutes.
Pour into a greased baking pan or bundt pan and place in oven at 180 degrees convention or 165 degrees fan heated oven for approximately 20-25mins till a toothpick inserted comes.out clean..
For added vuma,.swirl some caramel into the cake. If using a bundt pan, pour half the batter, add the caramel and pour the remaining batter over.
Decorate with chocolate ganache and chocolate curls, buttercream, fresh cream, whatever you fancy. Very tasty and super fast to make!.

It's chocolate overload in the best kind of way. I've made a Mint Chocolate Cake and a Peanut Butter Poke Cake but this Death by Chocolate Cake is my new favourite. My Death By Chocolate Cupcakes are still one of my most popular recipes, followed by my Easy Death By Chocolate one layer cake. So when I decided to make a three layer over-the-top choccy cake, I wanted it to be next level. Recipe by Burrheadssis. added chocolate chips, mixing just until blended.