Simple Chocolate Cake Recipe
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| Simple Chocolate Cake Recipe |
A simple chocolate cake to make tea time more fun
for you and your guests!
Serves 6-8 people
Ingredients:
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115g /
4oz plain chocolate, chopped into Small pieces
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45ml / 3
tbsp milk
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150g /
5oz / ½ cup unsalted butter or margarine, softened
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150g /
5oz / scant 1 cup light muscovado sugar
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3 eggs
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200g /
7oz / 1 ¾ cups self – raising flour
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15 ml / 1
tbsp cocoa Powder
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1
quantity Chocolate Buttercream, for the filling
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Icing
sugar and cocoa powder, for dusting
1. Preheat oven to 180C / 350F /
Gas 4. Grease two 18 cm/7 in round sandwich cake tins and line the base of each
with non-stick baking paper. Select a small saucepan and a heatproof bowl that
will fit over it. Place the chocolate and the milk in the bowl. Bring a small
saucepan of water to just blow simmering point. Place the bowl containing the
chocolate mixture on top. Leave for about 5 minutes, until the chocolate
softens, then stir until smooth. Leave the bowl over the saucepan, but remove
from the heat.
2. Cream the butter or margarine
with the sugar in a mixing bowl until pale and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a
time, beating well after each addition. Stir in the chocolate mixture until
well combined.
3. Sift the and coca over the
mixture and fold in with a metal spoon until evenly mixed. Scrape into the
prepared tins, smooth level and bake for 35 -40 minutes or until well
risen and firm. Turn out on to wire racks to cool.
4. Sandwich the cake layers
together with a thick, even layer of chocolate buttercream. Dust with a mixture
of icing sugar and cocoa just before serving.
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