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Greek Chocolate Cake (Sokolatopita)

Written by Published on Updated on November 11, 2024 in Cakes

Hello,

My Thanksgiving menu was almost done but I hadn’t yet decided on a dessert.  I was debating between a chocolate cake or an apple crumble cake.  After hours of deliberation, 🙂  I went with this Greek Chocolate Cake referred to in Greece as Sokolatopita.   I’m not joking, I had both recipes on my kitchen counter for hours and kept going back and forth.  I finally decided on this chocolate cake because I don’t think there is anything better than a bite of delicious moist Chocolate cake for most of my guests.

This Greek Chocolate Cake is moist and its rich texture makes it unique. Sokolatopita’s texture is a combination of pudding and cake if that makes any sense.  This Sokolatopita is made all over Greece but with many variations and twists.  In the Northern part of Greece, they add cinnamon in other regions they add a splash or even a shot of brandy.  All versions of this traditional Greek Chocolate Cake continue to have everyone falling in love with it.

Here’s something that will make you laugh, while my cake was baking I heard a knock on my door.  My neighbor wanted to know if I was baking a Chocolate cake. It seems the aroma of the cake went over to her place and had her drooling for a piece. What more can I say, except that this Sokolatopita is for those Chocolate lovers who can’t get enough Chocolate?  You can serve this cake with a scoop or scoops of Ice cream, or a dusting of powder sugar.  You can also add nuts if you want to add a nutty taste to this Sokolatipita, you can even make a chocolate ganache topping if the cocoa syrup may seem too much.

I read somewhere that cocoa is in full circle instead of chocolate, so here is your opportunity to try out this delicious Greek chocolate cake made with cocoa.  So, go ahead and give it a try.  I am so sure you will love it.

Wishing everyone a good morning/afternoon/evening

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A chocolate syrup cake garnished with blueberries and cranberries on a white plate.

Greek Chocolate Cake (Sokolatopita)

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A traditional chocolate cake made with cocoa and soaked in chocolate syrup.
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Course Cakes, Dessert
Cuisine Greek
Servings 10 pieces

Ingredients
  

  • 1½ cups sugar granulated
  • 1½ cups water
  • 1¼ cup all-purpose flour sifted
  • 1 cup unsalted butter cut into cubes
  • 3 eggs medium
  • 4 tbsp cocoa powder sifted
  • 1 tsp baking powder

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 170c.
  • Add the water, sugar, and cocoa powder into a pot and boil on low heat.
  • Add the butter and stir until it melts and all the ingredients have combined.
  • Whisk together the flour and baking powder in a sepaate bowl.
  • Remove from heat and pour 1 ½ cups of the mix into a separate bowl.
  • With the remaining mixture slowly add in the dry ingredients and whisk.
  • Add in one egg and a time and continue to whisk.
  • Butter a 25 x 25 baking pan and add in the mix. Bake for 30 minutes,
  • Remove from oven pour over the cake the cocoa syrup and let it cool.
  • Serve with a scoop of your favorite ice cream or dust with powdered sugar.
Keyword Cake, Chocolate, cocoa

KALI MAS OREXI!! 🙂

Welcome to a small corner of my Greek Heritage. Growing up in New York from Greek parents, was a challenge of its own...but the traditional food, tastes and aromas that my mother cooked always travelled me back to Greece.My mother is a wonderful cook, our house would always have that smell of home cooked food. I remember very clearly that we were only allowed fast food, once a week, that was a huge day for myself and my brother. Jumping up and down in the back car seat, laughing, just being kids. It is true that we all like to eat different foods, taste, smell, even try food that looks different than our regular meals at home and I think that is so natural.In my teens, I was not really into cooking, I enjoyed my magazines after school, listening to music, and just taking a breather. There were times that I would glance at some of my mom's recipes, more out of curiosity than to actually try to cook them. At that time I did not realise that cooking would become my passion one day. Slowly, I would start to look into my mom's recipes a bit more each day and I started to find it interesting as a hobby. Each month I would go into our neighborhood bookstore and pick up my monthly book, until one day I decided to stroll over into the cooking section. That summer was the first time I actually bought a cooking magazine....and I loved it.Cooking and baking started out as a hobby, but now after many years it is my passion. Exploring the cuisines, the spices, the oils, the scents, the variety of smells and tastes that exist. It was and still is an amazing journey without limits.So, come along with me on this adventure, and I hope you enjoy my recipes.Sophie

4 Comments

  1. MichaelStephenWills
    November 11, 2024 at 11:14 am  ·  Reply

    This is a winning recipe.

  2. Barefeetbaristas
    November 15, 2024 at 8:47 am  ·  Reply

    🤗💕☕️☕️

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