Chocolate Cake Waffles

5 from 1 vote

This recipe for chocolate cake waffles turns dessert into something rather spectacular. Warm, rich and slightly crisp, they're made for piling high with sharp lemon curd, sweet strawberries and spoonfuls of whipped cream. Perfect for an easy, but impressive special occasion dessert.

Prep Time15

Cook Time20

Total Time35

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: British

Keyword: chocolate cake, cocoa, lemon curd, strawberries, waffles

Servings: waffles

Calories: 468kcal

Author: Choclette @ Tin and Thyme

Ingredients

125 g salted butter
125 g flour (half wholemeal, half white)
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp ground cinnamon
25 g cocoa powder
50 g golden caster sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
125 ml kefir, buttermilk, sour milk or watered down yoghurt can also use milk
icing sugar for dusting

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Melt butter in a pan over low heat, then leave to cool a little.
125 g salted butter
Sift the dry ingredients into a large bowl.
125 g flour, 1 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp ground cinnamon, 25 g cocoa powder
Stir in the sugar.
50 g golden caster sugar
Make a well in the centre and break in the eggs.
2 eggs
Pour in the butter and vanilla extract. Start mixing into the flour from the inside out, adding the kefir as you go along.
1 tsp vanilla extract, 125 ml kefir, buttermilk, sour milk or watered down yoghurt
Spoon into four silicone waffle moulds and bake in the oven at 180℃ (160℃ fan, 350℉, Gas 4) for 17 minutes. Alternatively use a waffle iron.
Leave to cool a little then turn out onto a wire rack.
Serve warm or at room temperature. Dust with icing sugar, then pile on lemon curd, strawberries, chocolate shavings and cream if you're feeling really decadent.
icing sugar for dusting

Notes

Please note: calories and other nutritional information are per serving. They're approximate and will depend on serving size and exact ingredients used.

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