Melting chocolate with butter and water for an Oreo cake

This is so- you need to melt it in a bowl over a pan of just - simmering water, making sure that the bottom of the bowl doesn't touch the water.
You can use a microwave on a low setting, stirring every 10 seconds, alternatively.
Chocolate, as you can see by my name, is an area of interest to me !

And an Oreo cake is of interest to me 🤭
The water doesn’t mix in with the ingredients it’s just used in the pan beneath the chocolate and butter to melt them, you get a lovely shiny mixture doing it this way.

Perhaps the recipe would clarify? Post the recipe, please.

Yes, you could be right, maybe the water is part of the recipe?

This is the recipe.

www.bbcgoodfood.com/user/786855/recipe/oreo-chocolate-cake

If you read the comments below the recipe a couple recommend leaving out the water, that's what I'd do. Cake looks great.

There’s a great looking Halloween cake on that site too, which I think I’ll make if I have time.

The chocolate will seize if you put water in after it has been melted. It won’t seize if it’s melted WITH water and butter as the butter stops that happening. It means you end up with liquid chocolate (rather than chocolate which will reset once cool) which may well be very important for the recipe.

Thank you Maelil, I knew there would be a Gnetter who knew the answer.

I prefer to melt chocolate over steaming water,but I have followed recipes which call for it to be melted in water and butter .
I think that it's OK.

teabagwoman

This is the recipe.

www.bbcgoodfood.com/user/786855/recipe/oreo-chocolate-cake

Thank you. Lovely recipe.

I've a similar recipe, butter water mix melts chocolate well.

Just buy a decent cake from Sainsbury or M&S..Or a Cadbury's Chocolate Cake.

Don't like Oreo products. American chocolate YUK!!!

It looks delicious.
Rich, dark and chocolatey! Unfortunately OH doesn't like chocolate cake.

The lemon drizzle looks good,too

How unkind, WNOI 😲

Don't be upset Oreo, we like you.

Oh Allira, that’s a shame. I think it might be grounds for divorce here!!!

I’m looking forward to trying out this recipe but have to get half term over first and then recover from it. Doesn’t help that I had a THR a month ago though being without pain at last is wonderful.

WithNobsOnIt

Just buy a decent cake from Sainsbury or M&S..Or a Cadbury's Chocolate Cake.

Don't like Oreo products. American chocolate YUK!!!

No.

Her GC asked for it, sounds lovely!

teabagwoman

Oh Allira, that’s a shame. I think it might be grounds for divorce here!!!

I’m looking forward to trying out this recipe but have to get half term over first and then recover from it. Doesn’t help that I had a THR a month ago though being without pain at last is wonderful.

😁
It is seriously weird, isn't it 😁
I might have to find a recipe for a microwave chocolate mug cake.
I haven't made a chocolate cake since the DC left home!

Doesn’t help that I had a THR a month ago though being without pain at last is wonderful.

You're doing well!

Allira, I would bake a chocolate cake and freeze it in slices. I’ve never found a chocolate mug cake recipe that was really satisfying and frozen cake takes very little time to thaw.

Tempting!

I do have a slice occasionally when one of the family has a birthday 😀