Chocolate cake recipe
Prepare an awesome chocolate cake for that special occassion
Equipment
- Oven
- Electric hand beaters optional
Ingredients
- 140 gms butter (have extra for tin)
- 175 gms sugar
- 2 eggs
- 225 gms self-raising flour
- 50 gms cocoa powder
- 250 gms natural yogurt
- ΒΌ tsp baking soda (bicarbonate of soda)
- 50 gms white, plain and milk chocolate (any)
Instructions
- Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Butter and line the base of a 18 x 28cm cake tin or tray.
- Add the butter and sugar into a bowl; beat together until light and fluffy. Add the eggs a little at a time, beating well between each addition.
- Sieve the flour, cocoa and baking soda into the bowl, then tip in any bran left in the sieve. Pour in the natural yogurt. Stir everything to a smooth mixture and spoon into the prepared tin.
- Bake for 20-25 mins until it is just firm and receding away from the sides of the tin. Cool in the tin for 5 mins, then turn onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- Melt the chocolates in three different bowls in the microwave on High for 1 min or over a pan of simmering water. Spoon the melted chocolates into three plastic disposable piping bags.
- Snip the ends off and pipe 12 simple shapes on top of the cake. Leave to set.
- Decorate however you want it and just before serving, cut the cake into 12 squares.