Classic Chocolate Cake
Classic Chocolate Cake
DIFFICULTY
Easy
SERVING
12
INGREDIENTS
- 200g plain flour
- 2 Tablespoons cocoa
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 200g dark chocolate chopped
- 225g soft butter
- 220g caster sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 eggs
- 125ml milk
METHOD
- Pre heat oven to 160c. Grease and line a 4cm round spring form cake tin.
- Sift the flour, Cocoa, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl and set aside.
- Melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Cool slightly.
- Beat the butter and sugar with an electric beater until light and fluffy. With betters on medium speed, add vanilla then add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Pour in cooled chocolate and beat until well combined.
- Beat in a third of the sifted ingredients, followed by a third of the milk repeat until all ingredients are incorporated, beat until smooth.
- Pour mixture into pan and bake for 45-55 minutes until risen and a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
- Cool in the pan on a rack for 10 minutes, then invert onto a cooling rack to cool completely.
