Chocolate Baking

Quick and easy 5-ingredient choc-caramel cake

Name: 5-ingredient choc-caramel cake
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 3½ cups (1.155kg) dulce de leche or other thick store-bought caramel sauce; 5 eggs, separated; 1 cup (250ml) rich chocolate milk; 2 cups (300g) self-raising flour; ⅓ cup (35g) cocoa powder

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by Warren Mendes

delicious. team

Dec 06, 2017

Yes, you read that right. Only 5 ingredients.

3½ cups (1.155kg) dulce de leche or other thick store-bought caramel sauce
5 eggs, separated
1 cup (250ml) rich chocolate milk
2 cups (300g) self-raising flour
⅓ cup (35g) cocoa powder

Method

1.

Preheat oven to 160°C. Grease two 20cm baking pans and line with baking paper.
2.

Place 2 cups (660g) dulce de leche and egg in a bowl and beat until smooth.
3.

Add chocolate milk and whisk until combined. Sieve flour and cocoa into bowl and fold into chocolate milk mixture.
4.

Divide chocolate milk mixture evenly between prepared pans.
5.

Bake for 45 minutes or until a skewer inserted into centre comes out clean. Cool completely, then remove from pans.
6.

Using a serrated knife, trim tops of both cakes to level. Place one cake on a serving plate and top with ½ cup (165g) dulce de leche. Top with second cake, then ice top and side of cake with remaining 1 cup (330g) dulce del leche.