Recipes
Special occasion chocolate cake
The kids will enjoy decorating this cake with chocolate flakes, Maltesers and buttons.
The kids will enjoy decorating this cake with chocolate flakes, Maltesers and buttons.
(52 votes)
Cook: 1 Hour 30 Mins
Serves: 14
Price: 41p per serving
Nutritional Information
Each 119g serving contains
Energy
2181kj
521kcal
2181kj
521kcal
26%
Fat
29.2g
29.2g
High
42%
42%
Saturates
17.5g
17.5g
Med
88%
88%
Sugars
46.4g
46.4g
High
52%
52%
Salt
0.9g
0.9g
Med
15%
15%
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
1833kj/438kcal
Typical energy values per 100g:
1833kj/438kcal
Ingredients
200g self-raising flour
2 level tsp baking powder
40g cocoa, plus 1 tbsp for the icing
225g caster sugar
350g butter, softened
4 large free-range eggs
100g dark chocolate (at least 70 per cent cocoa solids)
325g icing sugar
1 tbsp golden syrup
Chocolate sweets to decorate, such as flakes and buttons
Method
1
Pre-heat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4. Grease and line the bases of two 20cm sandwich cake tins. Sift the flour, baking powder and cocoa into a large mixing bowl.
2
Add the caster sugar, 225g butter, the eggs and 1 tbsp water. Beat until evenly mixed.
3
Divide the cake mixture between the tins and level the tops. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until the cakes have shrunk from the sides of the tins and the tops spring back when lightly pressed. Turn out onto a wire rack and leave to cool.
4
Put the chocolate in a bowl. Bring a pan of water to a simmer, then stand the bowl over it, making sure the base of the bowl doesn’t touch the water. Leave until the chocolate has melted. Remove the bowl from the pan and leave until the chocolate is just warm.
5
Beat together 75g butter and 150g icing sugar until really light and fluffy. Add the melted chocolate and beat again. Spread the mixture on one cake, then put the other one on top.
6
Sift 175g icing sugar and 1 tsp cocoa into a bowl. Put 50g butter, 1 tbsp golden syrup and 1 tbsp water in a small pan and heat gently until the butter has melted and the mixture is hot, but don’t allow it to boil. Stir it into the icing sugar and pour on top of the cake, spreading it evenly.
7
Leave for 10 minutes until the chocolate icing is cool but not set, then decorate by arranging chocolate sweets of your choice across the icing and leave to set.