This has to be the easiest chocolate cake recipe, ideal for a last-minute birthday cake for a chocolate lover. Also check out more indulgent chocolate cake recipes such as our ultimate chocolate fudge cake, white chocolate fudge cake and chocolate Guinness cake.
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
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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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Nutritional Information
- Kcals 646
- Fat 41g
- Carbs 68.3g
- Fibre 1.4g
- Protein 5.2g
- Salt 0.97g