Chocolate cake tips and recipes please! (merged)

Thriftylady · 16 June 2006 at 12:29PM

hi, I don't know the particular recipe you are looking for, but I thought I'd pass on my no fail chocolate cake recipe, passed from my granny to my mum to me......its so simple to make and very moist, and goes down well every time I make it....when I say 'pour into tins', they are a pair of standard sized (maybe 7 or 8 inch?) round cake tins, and then I sandwich them together with cream or chocolate sauce or whatever I have....its not one of those really 'grown up' dense chocolatey things though, more a light spongy take-you-back-to-childhood sort of thing...

EXPRESS CHOCOLATE CAKE

6 1/2 oz plain flour
2 level tablespoons cocoa
1 level teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 rounded teaspoon baking powder
5 oz caster sugar
2 tablespoons golden syrup
2 eggs
1/4 pint milk
1/4 pint vegetable oil

Mix together milk and oil
Sieve together flour, cocoa, bicarbonate of soda and baking powder
Make well in centre and drop in sugar, syrup, eggs and milk & oil
Beat together until smooth
Pour into tins
Bake at 160 degrees for 35 minutes

twink · 16 June 2006 at 12:31PM

i have always made the bero milk chocolate cake

175g self raising flour
200g caster sugar
1/2 tsp salt
25g cocoa
100g marg
2 eggs beaten with 5 tbsps evaporated milk
5 tbsps water
few drops vanilla essence

sieve flour, sugar, salt and cocoa
rub in marg, stir in eggs, essence and liquids, beat well
grease and line two 8 inch tins
bake 180deg, gas 4 30-35mins
cover and fill with milk choc icing

21/2 oz marg, 1 tbsp cocoa, 225g sieved icing sugar, 3 tbsps hot milk
1 tsp vanilla essence
melt marg, blend in cocoa, then stir in icing sugar, milk and essence
beat till smooth and thick

jordylass · 16 June 2006 at 12:37PM

Thanks for these, I will try if the one I want doesn't show up, but it was simpler in that all ingredients went into processor, no rubbing, beating, nada, and it tasted wonderful.

twink · 16 June 2006 at 1:23PM

the one i have like that from mary berry fast cakes

1 rounded tbsp cocoa
2 tbsps hot water
4oz soft marg
4oz sugar
2 lrge eggs
4oz sr flour
1 level tsp baking powder
180deg grease and line 8 inch round tin
blend cocoa with hot water, cool beat all 2-3 mins
bake 35-40 mins

icing
11/2 oz butter 1oz cocoa sieved, 3tbsps milk, 4oz sifted icing sugar
melt butter stir in cocoa gentle heat 1 minute remove from heat add milk and icing sugar, beat well, cool stirring occassionaly
spread over cake

Gingham_Ribbon · 16 June 2006 at 3:16PM

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=1939019&postcount=2

Is this it? There are some other recipes on the thread too.

jordylass · 16 June 2006 at 5:56PM

Thank you Gingham Ribbon that was the one, delicious...

Gingham_Ribbon · 16 June 2006 at 6:20PM

You're welcome.

liz.._4 · 14 September 2006 at 4:06PM

Its my daughters birthday next week and she wants me to make her a choc cake. I'm glad really as it will be cheaper than buying a fandangled one from asda, especially if I utilise the oven space while its on.

I need a nice tasty choccie fudgy icing (to cover up any potential baking disasters!) and wondered if any of you guys could oblige with a recipe?

Many thanks in anticipation!