About the bake
If you are looking to elevate your everyday chocolate cake recipe this indulgent chocolate celebration cake is the recipe for you. With the inclusion of Billington's Unrefined Light Muscovado Sugar in the chocolate sponge your cake will have a unique richness of flavour that will really give it the wow factor. Soft moist sponge, creamy buttercream, topped with a silky smooth ganache this cake is ideal for a big celebration.
Method
Step 1:
Preheat the oven to 180°C (170°C fan, gas mark 4). Put some water in a cake tin or roasting tin and put in the base of the oven. Line 2 x 20cm sandwich tins with baking parchment.
Step 2:
In a small pan set over a very low heat melt together the chocolate and butter with 100ml water. The mixture will be smooth and glossy.
Step 3:
Sift together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder and baking powder. Mix in the eggs until well blended. Stir in the chocolate and butter. Spoon into the prepared tins and smooth the top.
Step 4:
Bake for 30 minutes, until a skewer comes out clean when inserted. Remove from the tin and set aside on a wire rack to cool.
Step 5:
Meanwhile, make the buttercream by beating together the icing sugar, cocoa powder, butter and milk. Fill the two sponges, sandwiching them together and use the remaining buttercream to cover the sides and top of the cake.
Step 6:
To make the ganache, heat the dark chocolate and cream together over a low heat until it becomes smooth and glossy. Carefully pour on to the top of the cake and with a pallet knife smooth to cover the top and coax some drips down the side of the cake.
Step 7:
Finish by decorating with Malteasers and a cake topper.
Ingredients
For the Cake
- 175g Dark chocolate (broken)
- 200g Butter (unsalted)
- 200g Self-raising white flour
- 300g Billington's Unrefined Light Muscovado Sugar
- 30g Cocoa powder
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- 4 Egg(s) (free range) (beaten)
For the Buttercream
- 250g Silver Spoon Icing Sugar
- 30g Cocoa powder
- 80g Butter (unsalted, softened)
- 25ml Milk (whole)
- 250g Silver Spoon Icing Sugar
For the Chocolate Ganache
- 200g Dark chocolate
- 200g Double cream
- 200g Malteasers
Recipe Reviews
I thought this made a lovely cake and a really simple mix. Just wondered how long it will keep nice for if made in advance?
complicated recipe - was very messy. cake crumbled but i added one less egg. rich chocolate cake😍 did without malteasers and was still lovely
super cool recipie well done
Just made this for my husband's 50th. It's a gorgeous cake - very moist, rich and indulgent! I found we needed more milk when making the buttercream and my first attempt at the ganache split. Thankfully I googled it and realised I could rescue it by whisking vigourously over a bain marie so all good. It was very well received.
Makes a really lovely sponge cake!
rich chocolate cake
Ingredients
For the Cake
- 175g Dark chocolate (broken)
- 200g Butter (unsalted)
- 200g Self-raising white flour
- 300g Billington's Unrefined Light Muscovado Sugar
- 30g Cocoa powder
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- 4 Egg(s) (free range) (beaten)
For the Buttercream
- 250g Silver Spoon Icing Sugar
- 30g Cocoa powder
- 80g Butter (unsalted, softened)
- 25ml Milk (whole)
- 250g Silver Spoon Icing Sugar
For the Chocolate Ganache
- 200g Dark chocolate
- 200g Double cream
- 200g Malteasers