Easiest ever chocolate fudge cake

Name: Easiest ever chocolate fudge cake
Total time: 35 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

35 minutes + cooling
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 20 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.