Cake with Red Wine and Chocolate:

This cake is fantastic, full of chocolate, soft and really special because it is prepared with wine that gives it an extra note. The wine is there but you can’t smell it because when you cook the smell of alcohol evaporates leaving a pleasant aftertaste on the palate. The ingredients to prepare it are really simple, enjoyed it is a classic chocolate cake but with the cream that is poured on the freshly baked cake it becomes heavenly. Try it and there will not be even a slice left, it is capable of making everyone fall in love … even the most skeptical

Cake with Red Wine and Chocolate –Torta al Vino Rosso e Cioccolata

Ingredients for a cake pan of 24 max 26 cm = 9 inches in diameter

150 g= 1 ¼ cup of 00 flour/all purpose /plain/regular flour

4 eggs

60 g =1/2 cup of unsweetened cocoa

280 g =1 3/8 cup of granulated sugar

 100 g = ½ cup of dark chocolate reduced to flakes

160 ml = 10 tbsp.peanut or sunflower oil

120 ml= 8 tbsp. of good quality red wine

 16 gr= 2 tsp. of baking powder

How to prepare the Cake with Red Wine and Chocolate

1. In a saucepan, add the wine, sugar and cocoa and cook until you get a homogeneous cream, it won’t take much. After the necessary time, take 100-120 ml = ½ cup of the mixture and set aside in a glass.

2. In a bowl or mixer, add the cream remaining in the saucepan, the flour, the eggs, the seed oil, the baking powder and stir for about two minutes until the mixture is completely mixed.

3. Add the dark chocolate flakes and mix gently with a spatula.

Grease or cover with parchment paper a 24-26 cm diameter pan and bake 160 °C=320 °F for about 40 minutes.

(Here we have used a plum cake loaf tin just to serve it differently)

4. After the necessary time, take the red wine and chocolate cake out of the oven, transfer it to a wire rack, make many holes over the entire surface with a toothpick, also make a few cuts with a knife.

Pour over the cream that you have set aside, and the cream penetrates inside the cake through the holes and cuts.

. Let it rest for about 30-60 minutes before serving.

5.  The next day is even better.

Just a  few Tips:

-As the final taste is for dark chocolate lovers, to get a more delicate chocolate taste, you can avoid the dark chocolate pieces and use only the cocoa powder.

-Choosing the dark chocolate  to use,we always consider that because of the acidity a very dark chocolate matches well with a kind of sweet,sherry wine  but in this case with the red wine  our chocolate has to be a little more delicate.Red wine goes well with dark chocolate but not to exagerate the flavour ,it’s much better to use a  75% dark chocolate.

-If you just like the idea of wine and chocolate, you can  prepare the sauce  and use it on other cakes, such as Amor Polenta with Corn Flour, EVOO Cake, Fresh Milk Cake and the one you love so much.