Recipe of Award-winning Chocolate cake with syrup (aka Sokolatopita in greek)

Chocolate cake with syrup (aka Sokolatopita in greek).

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chocolate cake with syrup (aka sokolatopita in greek) using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Chocolate cake with syrup (aka Sokolatopita in greek):

1. {Prepare 160 gr of sugar.
2. {Take 100 gr of butter.
3. {Make ready 80 ml of water.
4. {Prepare 1 of unwaxed orange.
5. {Prepare 100 gr of flour.
6. {Get 20 ml of cognac (or 20ml fresh orange juice if you want it alcohol free).
7. {Make ready 2 of eggs.
8. {Take 30 gr of cocoa powder.
9. {Take 15 gr of baking powder.
10. {Prepare of For the syrup.
11. {Make ready 200 gr of sugar.
12. {Prepare 400 ml of water.
13. {Prepare 50 gr of cocoa.

Steps to make Chocolate cake with syrup (aka Sokolatopita in greek):

1. In a pan over medium heat add the butter, the water, the sugar and the zest of one orange by using a microplane or a zester or the zesting side of a grater. When the butter melts, add the cognac (or the orange juice) and the cocoa and stir the mixture..
2. Remove the pan from the heat and add then add the eggs and stir constantly till it becomes like a mixture of hot chocolate drink. Then, add the baking powder and flour and continue stirring till it’s a homogenous mixture..
3. Butter a baking dish and dust lightly some cocoa powder around the inside of the greased tin (so as to prevent the mixture sticking). Then turn it upside down over your kitchen work surface or sink and knock gently to remove any excess cocoa..
4. Pour the mixture in the baking dish and bake for about 30-35 mins at 170deg C. I used a dish of 27x18. If you use a different one the baking time may need to be adjusted..
5. In a clean pan add the water, the sugar and the cocoa over medium to high heat and let it boil. As soon as it starts boiling switch of the stove and let the syrup aside..
6. When the cake is ready (you can test it by deeping a knife in the cake. If it comes out clean the cake is ready), cut it in pieces and then pour the syrup over it slowly so that it gets absorbed. Let it for about 20-30 minutes and then serve. Enjoy!.

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