Let’s stay with chocolate shall we? I have a chocolate cake recipe which is on relatively high rotation because it’s a one pot wonder so to speak, in that you bung it all in the bowl, mix it, bake it, ice it and it tastes great. This gives it a serious run for its money and in fact, I’ve probably made this one more often as it is deeply chocolately but not overly rich.
Old-Fashioned Chocolate Cake
- 200g plain flour
- 200g caster sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp bicarb
- 40g cocoa
- 175g butter, softened
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 150ml sour cream
- Preheat oven to 180C. Grease and line (or flour) two 20cm round cake tins
- Bung the ingredients all together in the mixing bowl or food processor and process until combined
- Spatula into the tins and spread out – the mix is very thick
- Bake for 25-35 minutes then turn out and cool.
The icing
- 75g butter
- 175g best quality dark chocolate
- 300g icing sugar
- 1 tbl golden syrup
- 125ml sour cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Melt the butter and chocolate together, cool slightly
- Add the golden syrup, then the sour cream and vanilla
- Mix into the icing sugar, beat until combined and no lumps
- Use 1/3 to sandwich cakes together, 1/3 for the top and 1/3 for the sides
