This wonderful chocolate cake recipe is perfect for whipping up for a child’s birthday. I like to do it with chocolate icing and a ganache, but you can of course ice it any way you please!
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| Prep Time | 10 minutes |
| Cook Time | 55 minutes |
| Servings |
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Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 3/4 cup cocoa
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 1/2 cups milk warmed
- 3 tablespoons vinegar
- 150 g butter melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 3 cups icing sugar
- 1/4 cup cocoa
- 50 g butter softened
- 1/4 cup Cream
- 200 g dark chocolate melts
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Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Line the base of a 20cm round tin with baking paper.
- Sift the flour, cocoa, baking soda and sugar into a bowl.
- Pour in the melted butter, warmed milk and vanilla essence and mix a little with a wooden spoon.
- Add the vinegar and mix until it is a smooth batter.
- Pour mixture into the prepared tin and bake for 45-55 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean.
- Leave in the tin for 15 minutes before turning out on to a rack to cool.
- Ice with either chocolate icing or ganache.
Chocolate Icing
- Sift the icing sugar and cocoa into a bowl. Add the butter, and mix in a little boiling water at a time, until the icing is smooth and spreadable.
Ganache
- Heat the cream until just starting to boil. Take off the heat and whisk the dark chocolate into the cream unitl smooth. Allow to cool a little before pouring over the cooled cak
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