A Blackforest Chocolate Cake Recipe to Destroy Your Dieting Resolutions

Did you make some New Years Resolutions this year yet? If so, did they contain the words "diet" or "lose weight" somewhere? Well, let me play devil's advocate and give you a delicious recipe for chocolate blackforest cake that should have you forgetting those pesky resolutions in no time at all. If I can't manage to lose weight, then no one will!

Black forest chocolate cake:

Nothing is more gooey and luscious than a good black forest cake, perfect to get you through the cold January nights. Who can diet in the winter anyway?! For a good size cake, you're going to need:

- 7 oz of butter

- 1 cup of sugar

- 5 egg yolks

- 5 egg whites (so separate them all, basically)

- 1 cup of grated chocolate

- 1/4 cup milk

- 1 tbsp of vanilla essence

- 1 cup flour

- 1 pinch baking soda

- 1 cup ground nuts

- 2 tablespoons sugar

Preparation:

Heat the milk until it is just about to boil it, then pour it on to the pre-grated chocolate. Have a square of chocolate to reward yourself for completing step one, then set the milk and chocolate mix aside and hurry up with step 2 already.

In a small-ish bowl, whip the butter and sugar together gradually until it's nice and creamy smooth. You could do this in an electric mixer I guess, if you really don't care about getting any exercise at all. Then add the yolks one by one and mix well after each. I mean, really press that mix button.

Take it out of the mixer now, or you'll break the nuts we're about to add. Add a good amount of vanilla, then add the nuts and grated chocolate and milk mixture.

Sift the flour and baking soda into the bowl, and mix again (by hand, sorry). In a separate little bowl, whisk together the egg whites and sugar until quite firm, then add into the cake mix by adding it in folding motions.

Next, grease a 9 inch baking tin and pour the cake mix in.

Bake at 350F for 45 minutes. Test it by poking the center with a toothpick, and if it comes out clean it's done.

Serve hot with a generous helping of ice cream (I know you have some stashed in the freezer).

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