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Easy chocolate cake
- Lulu Grimes
Published: April 20, 2022 at 4:52 PM
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Serves 10
Easy
Total time: 35 mins
+ cooling
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This chocolate cake recipe is super easy and quick to make - perfect for when you need a simple yet impressive last minute bake for a special occasion
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This has to be the easiest chocolate sponge cake recipe, ideal for a last-minute birthday cake for a chocolate lover.
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Recipe tip: You don't need to use a chocolate with a high cocoa percentage for this, just standard dark chocolate is fine
Follow our video for how to make the chocolate cake mix and bake the sponges for a perfect result:
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How to make chocolate cake
Ingredients
Nutrition
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150g self-raising flour
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30g cocoa
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1 tsp baking powder
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175g muscovado sugar
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175g butter
softened
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3 eggs
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1 tsp vanilla extract
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50g dark chocolate
melted
FUDGE ICING
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200g butter
softened
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200g icing sugar
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200g dark chocolate
melted
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal646
- fat41g
- carbs68.3g
- fibre1.4g
- protein5.2g
- salt0.97g
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Method
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step 1
Heat the oven to 180C/fan 170C/gas 4. Line and butter 2 x 20cm sandwich tins.
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step 2
Put all cake ingredients into the food processor and whizz until smooth. If the mix is a little stiff, add 1-2 tbsp water and whizz again.
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step 3
Divide between tins, level and bake for 20 minutes or until springy. Leave for 5 minutes then cool on a rack.
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step 4
Clean the food processor. Whizz the butter and icing sugar, add the chocolate, whizz again, then sandwich and ice the cake.
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