Swiss Chocolate Square Cake and Sauce Recipe (Tray Cake)
This Swiss chocolate square cake recipe is prepared by baking cocoa cake dough in a tray and covering it with hot fudge sauce. The materials are practical; In the how-to section, you quickly mix the dough, put it in the oven, turn on the stove and pour the sauce on it. It is a bar cookie/tray cake alternative that is easy to slice and serve.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Step-by-Step Method
Prepare oven and tray
Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease a medium-sized baking tray or line it with baking paper; so the square slices come out easily.
Create hot mixture
Heat water, 1/2 cup butter and 1 1/2 cups margarine in a pot. When the oil melts and the mixture becomes hot, remove it from the stove.
Combine dry ingredients
Mix flour, granulated sugar, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Whisk briefly to avoid lumps.
Mix dough
Pour the hot mixture into the dry mixture and mix with a spatula or mixer until smooth. Add the eggs one by one. Add sour cream and obtain a fluid, homogeneous dough.
Bake
Spread the dough on the tray. Bake for 25 minutes; The toothpick you inserted into the middle should come out clean or slightly moist. While the cake is baking, start preparing the sauce.
Cook sauce
For the sauce, heat 1/2 cup of butter, 6 tablespoons of margarine and milk in a pot. When it approaches the boiling point, reduce the heat, add the powdered sugar little by little and whisk. Add vanilla and mix for 2-3 minutes until you get a shiny, fluid consistency.
Pour sauce and finish
Pour the hot sauce over the cake as soon as it comes out of the oven. Sprinkle with pecans if desired. Once the sauce spreads on the surface and shrinks a little, slice it into squares.
Serving
Serve when warm. You can store it covered at room temperature; The slices are easier to assemble the next day.