Norwegian Sjokoladekake (Chocolate Cake)

To die for chocolate cake (norwegian version: Sjokoladekake) While I lived in Norway I learned how to make this cake.

• Ready In: 1 hr 5 mins
• Serves: 8-10

Ingredients

• Cake

• 3  whole eggs
• 2  cups sugar
• 1  cup butter or 1  cup margarine
• 2 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3  teaspoons baking powder
• 3  teaspoons  vanilla sugar
• 3  tablespoons  cocoa
• 1  cup milk

• Icing

• 1⁄2 cup butter or 1⁄2 cup margarine
• 1 1⁄3 cups icing sugar (approx.)
• 1  70% lindt chocolate bar
• 2  teaspoons  vanilla sugar
• 4  teaspoons coffee, grounds (stir in a little bit of water)

Directions

1. Mix eggs and sugar until it looks white.
2. Melt butter/margarine and mix it in with the egg/sugar mix.
3. Stir in flour, baking powder, vanilla sugar and cocoa, and then stir milk in gradually while still stirring.
4. Stir until evenly mixed.
5. Bake in a long shallow pan at 180 C or 350 F for 25 - 35 mins in the middle of oven. Let cool.
6. Icing:
7. Melt butter/margarine and chocolate in saucepan.
8. Mix in icing sugar, vanilla sugar and coffee.
9. Stir until evenly mixed.
10. Put icing on cake when it is cool. Optional: Decorate with coconut, grated almonds, icing sugar, or sprinkles.