Ultimate Chocolate Cake
Recipe Video
| Serves: | Makes 1 x 8” cake |
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Ingredients
Cake
- 125g Président unsalted butter, softened
- 250g Billingtons Light Muscovado sugar
- 4 Happy Eggs
- 180g Allinson Nature Friendly self raising white flour
- 60g cocoa powder
- 90ml Just Milk
- 2 tsp Nielsen-Massey vanilla extract
- 1 ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
Frosting
- Silverspoon Create Chocolate Icing
Equipment
- Oven thermometer
- Scales
- Stand Mixer
- Spatula
- Sieve
- Baking paper
- 2 x 8” cake tins
- Mixing bowls
- Measuring spoons
- Measuring jug
Method
- Preheat oven to 160c fan/180c/Gas Mark 4.
- Grease and base line 2 x 8” cake tins.
- Sift together the flour, cocoa powder and bicarbonate of soda.
- Cream together the butter and sugar using a stand mixer of electric hand mixer until light and fluffy.
- Add the vanilla extract and then beat in the eggs one by one adding a tablespoon of sifted dry Mix with each to prevent the mixture curdling.
- Pour the milk into the cake mixture followed by the remaining flours and mix well to Combine.
- Divide the mixture between the two tins and bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes until well risen and springy to the touch.
- Remove from the oven and allow to Cool in the tins for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Tips:
- Scrape down the sides of the bowl using a spatula occasionally making sure that the mixture is even.
- For the ultimate chocolate cake use a good quality cocoa powder.
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