A chocolate cake on a cake stand with chocolate shards on top as decoration
PREP: 35 MINS
COOK: 20 MINS
EASY SERVES 10 – 12
Master the chocolate cake with an airy, light sponge and rich buttercream filling. It’s simple enough for an afternoon tea but special enough as a birthday cake too.
Ingredients
For the cake
- 200g golden caster sugar
- 200g unsalted butter, softened plus extra for the tins
- 4 eggs
- 200g self-raising flour
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp milk
- 100g milk chocolate, chopped
- 200g butter, softened
- 400g icing sugar
- 5 tbsp cocoa powder
- 2 tbsp milk
For the chocolate shards (optional)
- 50g dark chocolate
- 25g milk chocolate
- 25g white chocolate
Method
- Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Butter the base and sides of two 20cm round sandwich tins, then line the bases with baking parchment.
- In
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