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PREP TIME

25 mins

COOK TIME

30 mins

COURSE

not defined

CUISINE

International Food Recipes

SERVINGS

12 slices

CALORIES

385 kcal

INGREDIENTS

  • 125 g

    dark chocolate 
  • 150 g

    butter at room temperature
  • 200 g

    plain flour
  • 3 Tbsp

    milk
  • 3

    eggs
  • 150 g

    caster sugar
  • 0.25 tsp

    bicarbonate of soda

  • Cocoa powder or icing sugar for dusting (optional)
  • 1 tsp

    baking powder
  • 1 Tbsp

    good quality cocoa powder

  • Chocolate buttercream icing:
  • 1 Tbsp

    good quality cocoa powder
  • 75 g

    butter at room temperature
  • 1 Tbsp

    cream
  • 175 g

    icing sugar
  • 1 tsp

    vanilla extract

INSTRUCTIONS

    1. Preheat oven to 180/gas 4.
    2. Grease and flour the sides of two-20 cm sandwich tins.
    3. Line the bases of the tins with grease-proof paper.
    4. Put chocolate and milk in a bowl sitting above a saucepan of gently simmering water and melt the chocolate. (The bottom of the bowl shall not touch the surface of the water.)
    5. Set aside to cool a little.
    6. Beat butter until very soft then add the caster sugar.
    7. Continue to beat until mixture is pale and fluffy.
    8. Add in the eggs, one at a time, continue beating then fold in melted chocolate.
    9. Sift in flour, baking powder, cocoa powder, and the bicarbonate of soda, then fold in gently in the mixture.
    10. Divide the batter between the two tins and bake in the oven for about 25 minutes, or until the knife comes clean out of the center of the cake.
    11. Remove the cakes, and allow to sit for at least five minutes before removing them out of their tins, then place them on a wire rack to cool.
    To prepare the chocolate butter icing:
    1. Beat butter, the vanilla extract and
    2. cream until very soft.
    3. Gradually sift in icing sugar and cocoa powder, don't stop beating until all has been added.
    4. Continue to beat until mixture is very soft, then whisk until it is light and fluffy.
    Assembly:
    1. Once the cakes are cooled, add the chocolate butter icing on top one of the cakes and place the other cake on top.
    2. You can make double quantities of
    3. the chocolate butter icing and spread it over the cake or dust the cake with cocoa powder.

KEYWORD

chocolate cake, easy chocolate cake, chocolate sandwich cake, chocolate buttercream cake

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