Chocolate Cake Recipes

Ingredients

Cake:
200g plain flour
200g caster sugar
1tsp baking powder
1/2tsp bicarbonate of soda
40g cocoa powder (good quality)
175g unsalted butter (softened)
2 large eggs
150ml sour cream

Icing:
45g unsalted butter
100g dark chocolate (good quality)
180g icing sugar
1/2tbsp golden syrup
75ml sour cream
splash vanilla extract

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180C.
2. Combine cake ingredients in food processor and blend smooth.
3. Split mixture into two buttered 20cm cake tins with removable bases.
4. Bake for 25 mins.

Icing:

1. Melt butter and chocolate together over boiling water.
2. Add golden syrup, sour cream and vanilla extract to this mixture.
3. Blitz icing sugar in food processor and slowly add hot mixture.
4. Add water or icing sugar to tune icing consistency.
5. Build cake.

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