Easy Death By Chocolate Cake
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Easy Death By Chocolate Cake
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An easy one layer Death by Chocolate Cake with chocolate buttercream and plenty of chocolate on top!
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Ingredients
Chocolate Cake
- 3/4 cup plain flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup caster sugar
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter or 1 stick
- 2 egg large
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
Chocolate frosting
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter or 1 stick, room temperature
- 3 powdered sugar or icing sugar
- 4 tablespoons milk
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 2/3 cup milk chocolate pieces
- 1/4 cup milk chocolate chips or dark chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 360 F (180 C). Grease and line a round 8 inch springform cake tin with baking or parchment paper. In a large mixing bowl, sift the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and then add the sugars. Pop the butter into the microwave for short bursts, 10 seconds or so at a time, until it is just melted. Give it a stir with a fork to eliminate any lumps. Whisk together the butter, eggs, vanilla and buttermilk until combined – don’t worry if it goes a little lumpy. Then add the wet mixture into the dry mixture and gently fold until just combined.
- Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and pop into the oven. Bake for 25 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the middles comes out clean. Leave to cool for 10 minutes. Gently run a knife around the edge of the cake before turning out of the tin. Leave to cool completely on a wire rack.
- To make the chocolate frosting, add the butter to a large mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer until pale and creamy. Gently sift in the icing sugar, one cup at a time. Add a tablespoon or two of milk to help loosen up the mixture. Add the cocoa powder and beat again. Add the final two tablespoons of milk until the frosting is nice and creamy.
- Frost the top of your cake with the chocolate buttercream. Then scatter over your pieces of chocolate and chocolate chips. Cut and serve.
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