About this Classic Chocolate Cake
One taste of this decadent chocolate cake and you're sure to have found a firm favourite. Dark and rich in appearance, and even richer in taste with the delicious caramel undertones that using Billington's sugar brings to chocolate bakes. Made in 8 simple steps, this easy chocolate cake is a classic recipe to enjoy with all the family - after all, who doesn't love a generous helping of chocolate cake?
Make it mini? - To make smaller versions follow these instructions.
- Bake the cake in a 30x20cm tin for 45-50 minutes at 160°C fan.
- Use a 8cm round cutter to stamp out the cakes (this will make 6-8 mini cakes in total)
- Cut each mini cake horizontally to make two layers, then sandwich together with the buttercream and decorate with grated chocolate and a fresh raspberry
TIP: use the leftover cake crumbs to make cake pops/cake truffles.
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Method
Step 1:
Grease and line the base of a 20cm (8") deep cake tin. Preheat the oven to 180c (170c fan, gas mark 4)
Step 2:
Place oil and sugar in a large bowl and whisk together with an electric beater or food mixer until light and thickened. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well between each addition.
Step 3:
Sieve the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda into a separate bowl and mix together until evenly distributed.
Step 4:
Add half the dry ingredients into the wet batter and fold it all together gently. Then add the milk and the remaining dry ingredients and fold gently until well combined.
Step 5:
Spoon into the prepared baking tin and bake for an hour, until cooked throughout.
Step 6:
Cool in the tin for 5 minutes then turn on to a wire rack to completely cool.
Step 7:
To make the buttercream, mix the cocoa powder with the boiling water to make a paste.
Step 8:
Cream the butter to soften it then beat in the icing sugar using a food mixer or electric hand whisk. The longer that you beat it for the lighter and fluffier your buttercream will be. Stir in the cooled cocoa mixture.
Step 9:
Slice the cake in half, horizontally, giving you two sponges. Then spread a third of the chocolate buttercream on top of one sponge and place the other sponge on top to sandwich the buttercream in the centre of the cake.
Step 10:
Spread the remaining chocolate buttercream over the top and sides of your cake. You can personalise your cake with decorations to your own taste and style.
Ingredients
For the cake
- 120ml Vegetable Oil
- 275g Billington's unrefined dark muscovado
- 3 Medium eggs
- 200g Allinson's Plain White Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tsp Bicarbonate of soda
- 250ml Milk (whole)
- 50g Cocoa Powder
For the filling
- 25g Cocoa Powder
- 3 tbsp Water (boiling)
- 300g Silver Spoon Icing Sugar
- 175g Butter (unsalted, softened)
Nutritional Information
per 114g- 429cal Energy
- 13g Fat
- 7.8g of which Saturates
- 72g Carbohydrates
- 57g of which Sugars
- 5.1g Protein
- 0.29g Salt
Recipe Reviews
Scrumptious! Would definitely recommend
This really didn’t work and the flavour was only average. Reviewing the recipe after baking, I can see that the ratio of bicarb to baking powder was off for a recipe with buttermilk (you need to use more bicarb for an acidic liquid in order for the cake to properly rise). To get a nice rich chocolate flavour, part of the liquid should be hot water or hot coffee to really bring out the flavour. And no salt? Odd.
I made this cake as it was so highly reviewed and I needed a quick cake recipe. Regretted it as outcome was dense, dry, and not very chocolatey. Wouldn’t use this recipe again.
Amazing,easy to make and tastes AWESOME even if it was a failure like mine
Yassss I love it
The sponge is super light and tasty.
Wonderful and tasty. Delightfully wonderful...
Ingredients
For the cake
- 120ml Vegetable Oil
- 275g Billington's unrefined dark muscovado
- 3 Medium eggs
- 200g Allinson's Plain White Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tsp Bicarbonate of soda
- 250ml Milk (whole)
- 50g Cocoa Powder
For the filling
- 25g Cocoa Powder
- 3 tbsp Water (boiling)
- 300g Silver Spoon Icing Sugar
- 175g Butter (unsalted, softened)
Nutritional Information
per 114g- 429cal Energy
- 13g Fat
- 7.8g of which Saturates
- 72g Carbohydrates
- 57g of which Sugars
- 5.1g Protein
- 0.29g Salt