Chocolate cake tips and recipes please! (merged)

chrislee765

Im looking to make a chocolate cake to take to work tomorrow. Its got be about medium size.
In the Recipe section of the mega index ive found a chocolate icing i want to use, but i cant find a recipe for the actual cake.

Does anyone have any tried and tested recepis for a chocolate cake!?

Thanks very much

mrbadexample

:drool: And can we have it bloke-style please? :whistle:

Rikki

mrbadexample wrote:

:drool: And can we have it bloke-style please? :whistle:

I thought you were going to give out your recipe advice then. :rotfl:

squeaky

Check out the Cooking section of the MEGA Index sticky and look under "Cakes:"

mrbadexample

Rikki wrote:

I thought you were going to give out your recipe advice then. :rotfl:

Yep...use someone else's.

comping_cat

4oz softened butter,
8 fl oz milk,
2 large eggs,
1 tbspn lemon juice,
9oz castor sugar,
2oz coco powder,
8oz plain flour,
1 tsp bicarb of soda.

180 c - gas 4 about 40 mins, i test using a skewer in the centre of the cake, when it comes out clean, its cooked. I mix all the ingredients together, and its always turned out lovely and moist!!!

thriftlady_2

Choc sandwich cake

Grease 2 20 cm sandwich tins.

Blend
2 tbsp cocoa with 3 tbsp boiling water,put in a mixing bowl

Measure into the bowl
8oz marge/butter(make sure it's soft)
8 oz caster sugar
4 eggs
8 oz self-raising flour
2 tsp baking powder

Divide evenly between tins,level out.
Bake at 180c/gas 4 for 25 mins

sandwich with whipped cream or buttercream(6 oz icing sugar+2 oz soft butter+1tbsp milk)

Rikki

I weigh my eggs and use equal quantities of self raising flour, butter and sugar.

chrislee765

Wow thanks for the quick replies!
This one takes my fancy although its not quite bloke style enough for me. Is there anyparticular order i bung these in the mixing bowl?

catowen wrote:

4oz softened butter,
8 fl oz milk,
2 large eggs,
1 tbspn lemon juice,
9oz castor sugar,
2oz coco powder,
8oz plain flour,
1 tsp bicarb of soda.

180 c - gas 4 about 40 mins, i test using a skewer in the centre of the cake, when it comes out clean, its cooked. I mix all the ingredients together, and its always turned out lovely and moist!!!

comping_cat

chrislee765 wrote:

Wow thanks for the quick replies!
This one takes my fancy although its not quite bloke style enough for me. Is there anyparticular order i bung these in the mixing bowl?

No, i just bung all the ingredients in, mix with my stick blender, and then turn into a greased cake tin. I use a high sided cake tin normally, but have also used two smaller cake tins and used a chocolate icing in the middle as well. Make sure you butter the inside of the tin/s, to help stop it sticking.