Chocolate cake recipe for 4 - 8 people, takes only 30 mins; recipe has caster sugar, butter, egg, self-raising flour, baking powder, milk, double cream, butter, honey, dark chocolate and chocolate.
Fudgy dark chocolate cake
Course: Chocolate cake
Servings
4 - 8
servings
Prep time
20 mins
Ingredients
- Dark Chocolate: 200g dark chocolate (use 70% cocoa solids if you can), broken into pieces
- Egg: 4 eggs, beaten
- Milk: 2 tbsp milk
- Butter: 200g softened butter
- Honey: 3 tbsp clear honey
- Caster Sugar: 200g caster sugar
- Self Raising Flour: 200g self-raising flour - swap 2 tbsp of the flour for 2 tbsp sifted cocoa powder (we used Green & Black's)
- Baking Powder: 1 tsp baking powder
- Double Cream: 200ml double cream
- Chocolate: top with shaved or grated chocolate
Directions
- Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Butter two 20cm sandwich tins and line with non-stick baking paper. In a large bowl, beat all the cake ingredients together until you have a smooth, soft batter.
- Divide the mixture between the tins, smooth the surface with a spatula or the back of a spoon, then bake for about 20 mins until golden and the cake springs back when pressed. Turn onto a cooling rack and leave to cool completely.
- For the fudge frosting, heat the cream until it just begins to boil. Take off the heat and add butter, honey and chocolate (broken into pieces).
- Leave to melt for 5 mins, then stir briefly to combine - don't over-mix or it will lose its shine. Sandwich the cakes with a third of the just-warm frosting and spread the rest over the top and sides. Top with shaved or grated chocolate, if you like.
