Easiest ever chocolate fudge cake

Name: Easiest ever chocolate fudge cake
Total time: 45 min
Yield: serves 10
Ingredients: self-raising flour 150g; cocoa 30g; baking powder 1 tsp; muscovado sugar 175g; butter 175g, softened; eggs 3; vanilla extract 1 tsp; dark chocolate 50g, melted; butter 200g, softened; icing sugar 200g; dark chocolate 200g, melted

45 minutes
serves 10
Easy

This chocolate fudge cake recipe is super easy and quick to make so it is perfect for when you need to bake a last minute simple yet decadent cake for a special occasion. You don't need to use a chocolate with a high % for this, just standard dark chocolate is fine

February 9, 2015 at 10:49 am

This has to be the easiest chocolate cake recipe, ideal for a last-minute birthday cake for a chocolate lover. We also have an easy white chocolate cake recipe here.

Ingredients

self-raising flour 150g
cocoa 30g
baking powder 1 tsp
muscovado sugar 175g
butter 175g, softened
eggs 3
vanilla extract 1 tsp
dark chocolate 50g, melted

FUDGE ICING

butter 200g, softened
icing sugar 200g
dark chocolate 200g, melted

Method

Step 1

Heat the oven to 180C/fan 170C/gas 4. Line and butter 2 x 20cm sandwich tins.
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.
Step 3

Divide between tins, level and bake for 30 minutes or until springy. Leave for 5 minutes then cool on a rack.
Step 4

Clean the food processor. Whizz the butter and icing sugar, add the chocolate, whizz again, then sandwich and ice the cake.