Chocolate Cake

Healthiness : (11 votes)

Difficulty:  
Comments: Care needs taking with melting the chocolate (it is easy to scald or burn oneself) and with the oven.
Cooking Time: 40-45 mins
Number of servings: About 12 slices
Serving suggestions: Very rich, so do not cut into huge slices
This is a vegetarian recipe


This is a very rich chocolate cake - ideal for a special occasion, like a birthday.

• 250g self-raising flour
• 300g sunflower margarine
• 300g soft brown sugar
• 150g dark or milk chocolate
• 150ml double cream
• 2 tsp sunflower oil
• 6 tbsp cocoa powder
• 2 tsp vanilla essence or extract
• 6 large eggs
• 2 tsp baking powder

• Greaseproof paper
• 2 Baking tins
• Brush
• Sieve
• Big bowl
• Wooden spoon
• Little bowl (for cracking eggs)
• Spatula
• Cooling rack
• Heatproof bowl
• Pan
• Your favourite plate

Always wash your hands before preparing food.

1. Brush the tins with sunflower oil then line the tins with greaseproof paper
2. Put oven on to heat at 190 c or gas mark 5-6
3. Sieve the flour, cocoa powder and baking power into a large bowl
4. Put the margarine and the sugar into a bowl and beat, then add the vanilla and beat again
5. Crack your eggs into a little bowl, add to the mixture with a tbsp of flour each time (repeat with each egg)
6. Very gently stir the rest of the flour into the rest of the mixture
7. Pour the mixture into the baking tins and place in the middle of the oven for 40-45 mins
8. Leave the cakes to cool down for 5 mins
9. Start to make the icing
10. To make the icing, break the chocolate into a heatproof bowl and add the cream, put the bowl in the pan, heat 5cm (2in)of water in a pan until it is just bubbling
11. Stir the icing a few times and then place in the fridge, it will thciken and when it is soft like butter, take it out
12. Spread a third of the icing on one cake, then carefully put the other cake on top and cover that top with icing too

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Name: Jane	19th April 2017
Hi! This looks lovely :) Can the recipe be used for chocolate cupcakes?

Name: Caty	15th November 2015
thanks you helped me with my homework

Name: Fiano	10th January 2015
thanks you helped me alot

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