Swedish Chocolate Cake

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Updated Feb 10, 2025, Published Sep 29, 2014

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Swedish chocolate cake, known as kladdkaka, is a rich, gooey chocolate cake that’s a beloved baked dessert in Sweden. The name kladdkaka translates to “sticky cake,” which perfectly describes its soft, slightly underbaked center.

Swedish Chocolate Cake Recipe

This recipe is amazing. It’s from Izy’s cookbook. This is blogging OG recipe stuff right here. But this recipe is something I stand by. It’s made in a single bowl. I has the a gooey soft center and crispy exterior. It’s like a brownie meets cake and it’s amazing.

4.89 from 17 votes

Swedish Chocolate Cake

By Adrianna Adarme

Prep: 10

Cook: 25

Total: 30

Servings: 6

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Swedish chocolate cake, known as kladdkaka, is a rich, gooey chocolate cake that's a beloved baked dessert in Sweden. The name kladdkaka translates to "sticky cake," which perfectly describes its soft, slightly underbaked center.

Equipment

Ingredients

▢ 10 tablespoons unsalted butter
▢ 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
▢ 1/2 cup baking cocoa powder
▢ 3/4 cup granulated sugar
▢ 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
▢ 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
▢ 3 large eggs
▢ 2 tablespoons powdered sugar , for dusting

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line (with parchment paper), grease and flour a 7-inch cake tin (or in my case a 8×4-inch loaf pan).
Melt the butter in a medium saucepan. Remove from the heat and stir in the rest of the ingredients. Pour the mixture into the prepared cake tin and bake for 20-30 minutes – it should be set around the edges but still gooey in the middle.
Let the cake cool in its tin for about 20 minutes, then run a blunt knife around the inside edge of the tin to loosen it. Turn out onto a wire rack, dust with icing sugar and serve warm.