The sweet beginning...

For the first recipe we picked something sweet and with lots of chocolate. We really love chocolate!

Chocolate Cake

Ingredients:

Streussel:

• 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 90g cold butter
• 3/4 cup chocolate chips 

Cake:

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup cake flour
• 2/3 cup cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 125g /4 oz butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1 1/4 cups sour cream
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

 The Recipe:

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F and prepare a baking pan.
2. Make streussel: combine all the ingredients except butter in a small bowl and mix well. Cut the butter into small pieces and then mix with other ingredients with your fingertips until you get coarse crumbs.
3. Mix all dry ingredients (but sugar) for the cake in a bowl.
4. Using electric mixer cream butter with sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one by one, until well combined. Add the dry ingredients in 2 or 3 increaments, alternating with the sour cream and vanilla. Beat until smooth.
5. Spoon the batter into prepared pan, spread evenly and cover with streussel.
6. Bake until golden brown, about 40-45 minutes.

Enjoy!