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One-bowl chocolate truffle cake recipe step by step

October 24, 2016 38 Comments

If you are new to baking or want a non-fussy chocolate cake, then this one-bowl chocolate truffle cake recipe is for you.

One-bowl chocolate truffle cake recipe step by step

While the 5-min chocolate mug cake is great to satisfy instant chocolate cravings and is often quoted as the most dangerous chocolate cake recipe, sometimes you want the “real” deal. And you want it fast. I had one of those nights the other …err… night. I turned to Piece of Cake, the awesome book SJ recommended to me that gave inspiration to my Orange Cake Recipe. All the recipes are one-bowl, easy, and fuss-free and therefore perfect to whip up quickly even on a weeknight.

One-bowl chocolate truffle cake recipe step by step

I made this super fuss-free one-bowl chocolate truffle cake in the night and took pictures of the final pieces the next day morning. You don’t even need to bring the butter to room temperature and you can easily make this eggless too. Oh and btw, these were used as the base for the Cake Pops I made for the first time.

One-bowl chocolate truffle cake recipe
 
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Prep time
15 mins
Cook time
25 mins
Total time
40 mins
 
An easy one-bowl chocolate truffle cake that's quick enough for weeknight dessert
Author: nags
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: International
Serves: An 8 inch cake
Ingredients
  • ½ cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips or chopped chocolate chunks
  • 6 tbsp of unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
  • 1 tsp of instant coffee powder
  • 1.25 cups of plain flour
  • ¾ cup of sugar
  • ½ tsp of baking soda
  • ¼ tsp of salt
  • 2 eggs, preferably at room temperature
  • ¾ cup of milk
  • 1 tsp of vanilla extract
Instructions
  1. Pre-heat oven to 350F / 180C. Grease an 8" metal baking pan with butter. Add 1 tbsp flour to this and spread across by tilting the pan all around. Tap out the extra flour. Or, just use
  2. a non-stick baking spray
  3. This is a one-bowl chocolate cake so start with a large enough microwave-safe bowl for melting the chocolate and butter if you can. Add the chopped chocolate or chips along with the butter to the bowl.
  4. Microwave on medium heat for a minute and increase to 2 mins if you need to. The mixture should look like below, just about melted. Add the instant coffee powder.
  5. Use a whisk and combine the ingredients. Although they look solid, the butter and chocolate will soften pretty quickly so make sure you start with one minute.
Notes
: if you are using a regular pan over the stove and not the MW, then wait for the pan to cool down after this step before proceeding.
5. Add the eggs, flour, salt, sugar, milk, baking soda and vanilla to the chocolate mixture.
Combine together gently with a whisk. I used my electric beater's whisk for this and then proceeded to the next step. This step is optional - I do it so that flour won't fly into my face when I turn the electric mixer on.
6. Now, using an electric mixer, beat the batter on medium speed (if you can adjust, otherwise it's fine) for a minute. Scrape down sides and beat for another 30 seconds. Take care not to overbeat.
7. Pour into the greased tray and bake for 25-30 mins...
... until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out with dry crumbs.
That's it! Invert onto a cake tray or just a regular plate after about 10 mins. Slice and serve as soon as it's cool enough to handle.
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Step by Step One Bowl Chocolate Truffle Cake Recipe

1. Pre-heat oven to 350F / 180C. Grease an 8″ metal baking pan with butter. Add 1 tbsp flour to this and spread across by tilting the pan all around. Tap out the extra flour. Or, just use PAM baking spray.

2. This is a one-bowl chocolate cake so start with a large enough microwave-safe bowl for melting the chocolate and butter if you can. Add the chopped chocolate or chips along with the butter to the bowl.

One-bowl chocolate truffle cake recipe step by step

3. Microwave on medium heat for a minute and increase to 2 mins if you need to. The mixture should look like below, just about melted. Add the instant coffee powder.

One-bowl chocolate truffle cake recipe step by step

4. Use a whisk and combine the ingredients. Although they look solid, the butter and chocolate will soften pretty quickly so make sure you start with one minute.

Note: if you are using a regular pan over the stove and not the MW, then wait for the pan to cool down after this step before proceeding.

One-bowl chocolate truffle cake recipe step by step

5. Add the eggs, flour, salt, sugar, milk, baking soda and vanilla to the chocolate mixture.

One-bowl chocolate truffle cake recipe step by step

Combine together gently with a whisk. I used my electric beater’s whisk for this and then proceeded to the next step. This step is optional – I do it so that flour won’t fly into my face when I turn the electric mixer on.

One-bowl chocolate truffle cake recipe step by step

6. Now, using an electric mixer, beat the batter on medium speed (if you can adjust, otherwise it’s fine) for a minute. Scrape down sides and beat for another 30 seconds. Take care not to overbeat.

One-bowl chocolate truffle cake recipe step by step

7. Pour into the greased tray and bake for 25-30 mins…

One-bowl chocolate truffle cake recipe step by step

… until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out with dry crumbs.

One-bowl chocolate truffle cake recipe step by step

That’s it! Invert onto a cake tray or just a regular plate after about 10 mins. Slice and serve as soon as it’s cool enough to handle.

Notes:

– The book suggests chocolate ganache to be slathered on this cake but I used some toffee sauce I had lying around in the fridge (and I wonder why I don’t lose weight!). If you serve it unfrosted, the cake won’t be too sweet so adjust the sugar quantity if you’d like.

– You can easily make this eggless by substituting 1 egg with 1 tbsp flaxseed + 3 tbsp warm water beaten together. You can also substitute 1 egg with 1/4 cup plain yogurt. The texture will different slightly but should turn out delicious nevertheless.

– The measurement method used in this book is the scoop-and-sweep method. For measuring flour, scoop it into the measuring cup with a spoon and sweep the excess off the top making sure the cup is full but not packed. Don’t scoop using the measuring cup itself or tap it when measuring since that will result in more flour going into the cake, making it harder.

– It’s ok for the melted chocolate to be warm but don’t let it boil on the stove top. Just melt it gently and that’s enough. Also, if you are using the stove top, make sure you cool down the chocolate mixture before proceeding.

– The book Piece of Cake is awesome! I have tried 3 recipes so far, all with great success. Will do a detailed review soon but meanwhile, if you are looking for a great baking book to get next, I would recommend this for sure.

One-bowl chocolate truffle cake recipe step by step
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  1. Smri

    January 6, 2017 at 5:08 pm

    Why is Milk added?

    Reply
  2. Prangya

    April 5, 2016 at 2:26 am

    Thank you Nag for such a wonderful recipe…I made it for my hubby’s Birthday n everybody loved it… I just increased the sugar to 1 cup as I was not making any frosting… I sprinkled with some icing sugar n M & M 😁😁 thank you so much again n will try some more recipes from your blog…keep up the good work n let us know more wonderful n easy to follow recipes … Love PS

    Reply
    • nags

      April 10, 2016 at 2:15 pm

      so lovely! thank you for the kind words

      Reply
  3. Frency

    December 22, 2012 at 5:14 pm

    Hi,
    Up until now I have always stuck to baking plain vanilla sponge cake because it always turns out perfect and so yummy. But another reason for me not straying from this tried and tested path is that all of my prior attempts with chocolate cake were futile.

    Fortunately, and what timing – just around Christmas baking time, I hit upon your recipe and dared to make one more attempt with chocolate cake and boy, it worked!
    It took longer to bake though – 50 mins (at 30 mins the crust was done but the inside was all runny. But that's approximately the time I take for my regular cakes too, perhaps because I bake it in the microwave oven with convection mode ON).

    The cake turned out nice and soft, it's not overly sweet, the coffee powder lends a subtle bitter flavour and the house smells lovely, very Xmassy. 🙂

    Thank you for breaking my chocolate cake jinx.
    Merry Christmas!

    Reply
    • Nagalakshmi V

      December 25, 2012 at 1:35 am

      That's great to hear Frency. Merry Christmas to you too!

      Reply
  4. Parul Garg

    October 26, 2012 at 6:38 am

    Hey hey hey, So you think a sugar-free version of this will work for a diabetic? I usually use equal, but in this recipe, since you are using chocolate chunks– will need to add sugar-free dark chocolate.. any ideas?

    Reply
    • Nagalakshmi V

      October 26, 2012 at 1:00 pm

      hmmm.. haven't tried that myself but if you can get your hands on sugar-free dark chocolate, that will work well.

      Reply
  5. S

    October 4, 2012 at 6:11 am

    Hi – just wanted to say that the cake came out perfectly and everyone loved it! This is the first cake I made where it actually tasted yummy – so thanks so much for your post!

    Reply
  6. Subha

    June 6, 2012 at 4:21 pm

    I made this cake last night – it was a cinch to make and the texture was perfect. This will be my go to chocolate cake recipe from now. Thank you! Have you posted the other recipes that you have tried from this book?

    Reply
  7. Sangeetha Nambi

    April 9, 2012 at 11:32 am

    Lovely place to stare…… Happy to follow you Nags !

    -S
    http://recipe-excavator.blogspot.com

    Reply
  8. rahul aggarwal

    March 9, 2012 at 4:51 pm

    when is the cake cutting…i hope my name is on the list 😀

    Reply
  9. Anonymous

    March 8, 2012 at 1:36 am

    I tried this cake today and it came out yummy!!
    I am gonna make some cake pops with the rest of it.
    Thanks,
    Bharathi.

    Reply
  10. Ambika

    March 7, 2012 at 6:14 pm

    The cake looks gorgeous and perfectly moist! Lovely snaps!

    Reply
  11. Archana

    March 7, 2012 at 4:02 pm

    Love it love it loev it. I will make this for my friends birthday on sunday.

    Reply
  12. Sarah Naveen

    March 7, 2012 at 1:15 pm

    beautiful pictures Nags :-)…I made your broken wheat upma last week and looooooved it…thanks a lot for that simply awesome recipe..

    Reply
  13. Rose from Magpies Recipes

    March 7, 2012 at 5:05 am

    Oh this sounds & looks dangerous indeed! But 6 tablespoons of butter doesn't sound thaaat bad! The book definitely sounds very interesting!

    Reply
  14. Soundarya V

    March 7, 2012 at 4:24 am

    Awesome cake..very tempting !!

    Reply
  15. Samvidha

    March 7, 2012 at 2:19 am

    Nags, I will try this soon enough. Tell me, what is plain flour? Is it all purpose flour?

    Reply
  16. Parita

    March 6, 2012 at 2:11 pm

    simply mouth watering..feel like making it right away..would be perfect for after dinner sweet 🙂

    Reply
  17. Sanjeeta kk

    March 6, 2012 at 9:47 am

    Absolute yum..and easy to make on a busy day!

    Reply
  18. jeyashrisuresh

    March 6, 2012 at 9:21 am

    Very interesting recipe with gorgeous clicks

    Reply
  19. Plateful

    March 6, 2012 at 8:58 am

    Oh my, this looks heavenly! Loved that last shot, so yum!

    Reply
  20. Prolaap

    March 6, 2012 at 8:51 am

    OMG! This is fantabulous….Would be tried and 'tasted' soon in my kitchen….:)

    Reply
  21. Sajitha

    March 6, 2012 at 12:27 pm

    Hey Nags, that looks drool-worthy, no doubt!
    I have been eyeing this book too, but I live in Bangalore, hence wondering if the recipes involve any ingredients that will be hard to get here. Have you gone through the recipes enough to comment on this?

    Thanks!
    Sajitha

    Reply
    • Nagalakshmi V

      March 6, 2012 at 1:15 pm

      the recipes are all one-bowl so very simple procedures. i see some ingredients like sour cream and seasonal fruit that may be tough to get in india but these days i think you get pretty much everything there if you go to the right place no? i would recommend the book highly. it's not fancy or very pretty but the recipes work!

      Reply
    • Nagalakshmi V

      March 6, 2012 at 2:05 pm

      yeah i heard it's not available too but i have been served sour cream in many restaurants so either you can make your own quite easily or it's available somewhere. i would love to check out the yogurt substitution for sour cream too. let me know if you do.

      Reply
    • SJ

      March 6, 2012 at 1:49 pm

      Nandu told me sour cream is not available in Blore. Many recipes call for sour cream. I want to see if one can use yogurt instead, there are some recipes (in othetr books) which just will not work with substitutes, I am praying this is not one of that sort.

      Reply
    • Anonymous

      March 6, 2012 at 5:10 pm

      Will let you know if I try something, but why not make it-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTfq9cz7oKY Looks easy no?!

      Reply
  22. Arch

    March 6, 2012 at 4:22 am

    Yumminess !!! Loved the picture with the mixer in the bowl !

    Reply
  23. Chitra

    March 6, 2012 at 3:52 am

    Looks mouthwatering.. lovely cake 🙂

    Reply
  24. Divya Kudua

    March 6, 2012 at 3:27 am

    Yum,a chocolate cake is welcome any day,but it is a dangerous book to own,a cake whipped up in no time is bad news for the waist;)).jokes apart,I've loved the Orange Toffee combo,so I just might go ahead and invest in this book.Will wait for your review anyway:)

    Reply
  25. RAKS KITCHEN

    March 6, 2012 at 4:46 am

    Wonderful recipe lovely pictorial ! Love due second picture a lot. Last one tempts a lot

    Reply
  26. Hema

    March 5, 2012 at 5:26 pm

    Awesome, best part, it's all done in one bowl, so less cleaning, the last picture with the toffee sauce is absolutely tempting..

    Reply
  27. SJ

    March 5, 2012 at 4:16 pm

    Awesomeness! You've tried three and I have made the busy day butter cake and her yellow cake, fantastic. I cannot recommend this book enough.

    Reply
    • Nagalakshmi V

      March 5, 2012 at 4:19 pm

      busy day butter cake is the third one i tried 🙂

      Reply
  28. Aarthi

    March 5, 2012 at 3:29 pm

    awesome cake..the final picture is mouth watering

    Reply
  29. San

    March 5, 2012 at 3:49 pm

    Splendid looking chocolate truffle cake, this is a feast for the chocoholics.

    Reply
  30. Sharmilee! :)

    March 5, 2012 at 3:24 pm

    Drooling here seeing this right after my dinner..looks very tempting

    Reply

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