Red wine cake: the recipe for a moist and creamy wine cake
ingredients
baking powder
There red wine cake it’s a sweet soft and fragrant chocolate, made with a cocoa mass flavored with red wine. Quick and easy, just melt the butter with the sugar, cocoa and wine in a saucepan, then, off the heat, stir in the eggs, chopped dark chocolate, sifted flour and baking powder.
Once baked and left to cool, the cake is covered with a icing without creamwhich is nothing more than part of the mixture of butter, sugar, cocoa and red wine set aside, for a delicious and fragrant end result with a pleasantly chewy consistency.
Perfect for the winter period, the red wine cake is eaten at snack, accompanied by a cup of hot tea, or served at the end of a meal for a special dinner. It can be consumed safely even by the youngest of the house: the taste of wine, in fact, is not felt and the alcohol will have completely evaporated thanks to cooking.
For best results, we recommend using a Red wine of excellent quality, preferably a nero d’Avola. If you wish, you can top it with chocolate icing and replace the butter with 150 g of seed oil and the red wine with a white one.
How to make a red wine cake
Step 1
Step 1
Pour the bitter cocoa into a saucepan 1.
Pour the bitter cocoa into a saucepan 1.
2nd step
2nd step
Mix the sugar 2.
Mix the sugar 2.
Step 3
Step 3
Add the butter 3.
Add the butter 3.
Step 4
Step 4
Pour the red wine 4 then add a pinch of salt.
Pour the red wine 4 then add a pinch of salt.
Step 5
Step 5
Melt the mixture over low heat, stirring constantly: this will take a few minutes 5.
Melt the mixture over low heat, stirring constantly: this will take a few minutes 5.
Step 6
Step 6
Take 150 gr of compound and keep it aside; pour the rest into a large bowl 6.
Take 150 gr of compound and keep it aside; pour the rest into a large bowl 6.
Step 7
Step 7
Mix one egg at a time 7.
Mix one egg at a time 7.
Step 8
Step 8
Stir it well with a hand whisk before adding the next one 8.
Stir it well with a hand whisk before adding the next one 8.
Step 9
Step 9
Sift the flour through a sieve directly into the bowl 9.
Sift the flour through a sieve directly into the bowl 9.
Step 10
Step 10
Continue with yeast ten.
Continue with yeast ten.
Step 11
Step 11
Add the coarsely chopped chocolate with a knife 11.
Add the coarsely chopped chocolate with a knife 11.
Step 12
Step 12
Mix all the ingredients well 12.
Mix all the ingredients well 12.
Step 13
Step 13
Pour the batter into a 22-24 cm diameter cake tin lined with parchment paper 13.
Pour the batter into a 22-24 cm diameter cake tin lined with parchment paper 13.
Step 14
Step 14
Bake the cake in the oven at 180°C in static mode for 35-40 minutes. Take out of the oven and let cool down 14.
Bake the cake in the oven at 180°C in static mode for 35-40 minutes. Take out of the oven and let cool down 14.
Step 15
Step 15
Transfer the cake to a serving platter and pour the reserved cream 15.
Transfer the cake to a serving platter and pour the reserved cream 15.
Step 16
Step 16
Cut into slices and enjoy 16.
Cut into slices and enjoy 16.
storage
The red wine cake can be preserved 2-3 days under a bell jar or in a special airtight container.
