Moist and delicious chocolate cake
55 min
Do you need a failproof chocolate cake recipe in your repertiore? Or just a scrummy chocolate cake without being too sweet? Then here it is!
2 people made this
Ingredients
Serves: 10
- 220g plain flour, sifted
- 400g caster or granulated sugar
- 60g unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted
- 2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
- 1 teasoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 230ml buttermilk (see tip)
- 120ml flavourless oil (e.g. vegetable, sunflower oil)
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract or paste
- 230ml freshly brewed coffee
Method
Prep:20min ›
Cook:35min ›
Ready in:55min
- Preheat the oven to 180 C / Gas 4. Grease two 20cm (8in) that are 5cm (2in) deep then line with baking parchment.
- Into a bowl sift the flour, sugar, cocoa, bicarb, baking powder, and salt into a large bowl. Whisk the ingredients together by hand to well incorporate then set this aside.
- Into a larger bowl combine the buttermilk, oil, eggs, vanilla and coffee and whisk.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry and gently mix just to combine. Do not over-mix or beat as this cake can toughen up. Divide the mixture equally between your two prepared cake tins and tap a few times on the work surface to get out any air pockets.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. (Note: check after 25 minutes to be sure your not over baking!)
- Remove from the oven and leave to cool for 15 to 20 minutes (or until cake pans are cool to touch) and turn out onto a wire rack to completely cool. Decorate as desired.
Tip
I will be uploading different frosting and decorating ideas soon!
Coffee
For the freshly brewed coffee combine 230ml boiling water and 1 tablespoon instant coffee.
Buttermilk
If you cannot buy buttermilk measure out 230ml milk and add 2 tablespoons of lemon juice to this mix and sit for 30 minutes and use as normal in recipe. The mixture will go chunky, this is normal.
