Have you ever been disappointed by a dry and tasteless chocolate cake? Well then this is the recipe for you. This is my all time favourite chocolate cake recipe. It makes a rich moist cake that tastes like chocolate.
The photos below are from making four times the quantities listed in this recipe - to make a cake big enough for 100 people. The picture above is from one quantity of this cake, layered with chocolate mousse, centered with orange creme brulee, coated in chocolate glacage and decorated with tempered milk chocolate.
Ingredients
200g 70% cocoa chocolate
1 1/2 cups margarine (or unsalted butter)
8 eggs
2 1/4 cups caster sugar
1 1/4 cups of flour
1/4 cups cocoa powder
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
Break up chocolate and put in bowl with margarine.
Melt in the microwave (30seconds, stir, 30sec, stir...).
Whisk in eggs and sugar together
Combine egg and chocolate mixtures
Sift flour, cocoa powder and baking powder together and mix into cake mixture until well blended.
Pour into cake tin or cup cake cases. (tip: if you don't have a cake tin the right size or shape you can use a plain card board box lined with glad bakewell, make sure the box does not have shiny print or photos on it as then it will have a thin coat of plastic which will melt).
Bake in slow oven if making a large cake, so it has time to cook through without burning on the edges- depending on the size of the cake this can take over an hour. Moderate oven is fine for cupcakes - approx 20 mins.
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