Yesterday was my husband’s 25th birthday <3

To celebrate, I made a chocolate cake for him. I combined different recipes and this is how it turned out:

Looks super delicious, doesn’t it!

It has mud cake layers with chocolate mousse filling and chocolate buttercream frosting on top! SUPER chocolaty and so good!

Here’s the recipe:

The Super Chocolate Birthday Cake

Cake:

2,5 dl of flour

0,5 t of baking powder

2dl of sugar

0,25 dl of milk

1 egg

1,5 dl of strong coffee

100 g of butter

100g of dark chocolate

Heat the oven to 175 celsius. Grease the pan and flour it ( I used an Ikea 365+ saucepan, 15cm diameter. If you want to use a regular size cake pan, double the recipe). Mix all dry ingredients together. Add milk, egg and coffee. Melt the butter and add the chocolate in the butter. Stir until chocolate is melted. Mix everything together. Pour to a pan. Put in the oven for 50 minutes or till it’s cooked. Let cool for at least 15 minutes before removing the pan. Let cool completely. Cut away the rounded top and cut the cake to four layers.

Chocolate Mousse Filling:

For filling I used a store bought chocolate mousse, but you could also make whipped cream and add cocoa powder or melted, cooled chocolate and vanilla and sugar for flavor.

Assemble the cake and let cool in the refrigerator for at least an hour.

Chocolate Buttercream Frosting:

0,5 dl butter (room temperature)

1,5 dl of powdered sugar

0,5 dl of cocoa powder

1-2 tbsp of cream

Cream the butter. Add powdered sugar and cocoa powder. Mix at a really slow speed. Add cream and beat for 3 minutes. Add cream of powdered sugar if needed, to get the right consistency. I like it soft and creamy.

Spread the frosting on the cake and put in the refrigerator for at least 5 hours ( I didn’t so it was a bit too soft when we cut it). Ideal would be to refrigerate the cake over night and let it warm in room temperature for half an hour before eating to soften it a bit.

Enjoy!