# Dubai chocolate cake

This dessert is a healthier take on the viral Dubai chocolate cake, featuring a moist chocolate cake base, a creamy pistachio layer, and a rich chocolate topping.

- Total time: 8 min
- Cuisine: Middle Eastern
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 egg
- 0.75 cup milk
- 0.5 cup vegetable oil
- 0.5 cup stevia or white sugar
- dash vanilla
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 cup self raising flour
- 0.5 cup milk for soaking
- 1 tbsp butter
- 100 g kataifi pastry
- 3 tbsp pistachio paste
- 1 tbsp crushed pistachios
- 1 tsp tahini
- 200 g chocolate of choice
- 100 ml thickened cream

## Instructions

1. Prepare the cake layer by placing all ingredients in the serving tray.
2. Mix all the cake ingredients.
3. Place the tray in the microwave for 8 minutes.
4. Once the cake is cooked, pierce it all around with a toothpick.
5. Pour half a cup of milk on top of the hot cake and let it soak in.
6. Prepare the pistachio layer by placing 1 tbsp butter and 100g kataifi pastry in a saucepan over medium heat.
7. Stir the kataifi pastry until it is golden.
8. Transfer the pastry to a plate.
9. Add 1 tbsp of crushed pistachios to the pastry.
10. Add 3-4 tbsp of pistachio cream to the pastry and crushed pistachios.
11. Add 1 tsp of tahini to the mixture.
12. Mix all ingredients for the pistachio layer thoroughly.
13. Place the pistachio layer over the chocolate cake and spread it out evenly.
14. Prepare the chocolate layer by breaking 200g of chocolate of choice into pieces and placing them in a bowl.
15. Add 100ml of thickened cream to the chocolate.
16. Microwave the chocolate and cream for 20 seconds at a time until the chocolate has completely melted.
17. Pour the melted chocolate mixture on top of the pistachio layer.
18. Spread the chocolate layer out evenly.
19. Pipe some pistachio cream over the chocolate layer to decorate.
20. Using a skewer, create a pattern by moving it up and down through the piped pistachio cream on the chocolate layer.
21. Serve and enjoy this delicious dessert.

## Equipment

- tray
- microwave
- toothpick
- saucepan
- plate
- skewer

## Tips

- The thicker the pistachio layer, the better the dessert is.
- Serving it on a plate makes it look extra pretty.
- You can dig right in or slice and plate it up if you're impatient.
- It is advisable to use a bigger plate than the one used in the video for mixing the pistachio layer.
- Don't be stingy with the pistachio cream as you want the pistachio layer to be super moist.
- Decorating with piped pistachio cream is completely optional but makes the dessert extra pretty.
- Make sure to soak the cake with milk while it is still hot.
- The chocolate layer is naturally sweetened with stevia and lower in calories than other chocolate bars, as mentioned by the creator of the video, and is from Well Naturally, as seen on the package.
- This dessert is quicker than the original version and is reduced in sugar and lower in carbs.
- The recipe was inspired by B.Laben, an Egyptian brand.
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## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFKmDKUy_JB/?igsh=dHA1enhyN2lsdG8y
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/7c204490-c4ea-4952-8b2d-d8b37c1a9bf0
- Extracted: 2025-06-21

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