Chocolate cake with syrup (aka Sokolatopita in greek)

Name: Chocolate cake with syrup (aka Sokolatopita in greek)
Total time: 3300 s
Yield: 6-8 people
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 160 gr sugar; 100 gr butter; 80 ml water; 1 unwaxed orange; 100 gr flour; 20 ml cognac (or 20ml fresh orange juice if you want it alcohol free); 2 eggs; 30 gr cocoa powder; 15 gr baking powder; 200 gr sugar; 400 ml water; 50 gr cocoa

Giotaki 🍴 @G1otaki

Ελλάδα

This is a very easy and quick recipe for a very chocolaty cake. This is a recipe of Greek pastry chef Dimitrios Makriniotis.

Giotaki 🍴 @G1otaki

Ελλάδα

This is a very easy and quick recipe for a very chocolaty cake. This is a recipe of Greek pastry chef Dimitrios Makriniotis.

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Ingredients

50-55mins

6-8 people

160 grsugar
100 grbutter
80 mlwater
1unwaxed orange
100 grflour
20 mlcognac (or 20ml fresh orange juice if you want it alcohol free)
2eggs
30 grcocoa powder
15 grbaking powder
For the syrup
200 grsugar
400 mlwater
50 grcocoa

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Steps

50-55mins

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!