Olive Oil Chocolate Cake
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Olive Oil Chocolate Cake
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The olive oil in this Olive Oil Chocolate Cake makes it so moist and light and the chocolate fudge frosting is simply delicious!
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Ingredients
- 185 g all-purpose flour 6.5 oz
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 140 g caster sugar 5 oz
- 2 tbsp golden syrup
- 2 egg large
- 150 ml olive oil light, 5 fl oz
- 150 ml milk 5 fl oz
For Chocolate Fudge Frosting
- 40 g butter unsalted, 1.5 oz
- 28 g cocoa powder 1 oz
- 4 tbsp milk approx
- 115 g icing sugar 4 oz
- 1 white chocolate strip
- 1 plain chocolate strip
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 170°C.
- Grease and line 2 x 20 cm (8 inch) cake tins with grease proof paper.
- Put the oil and milk into a measuring jug.
- Break the eggs into a small bowl and whisk.
- Sieve the flour, cocoa, bicarb and baking powder into a large mixing bowl.
- Make a well in the centre and add sugar and syrup.
- Gradually stir in the eggs, oil and milk and beat well to make a smooth batter.
- Pour into the cake tins, weighing to check they are equal.
- Place in the middle of the oven and bake for 30 to 35 minutes until the cakes spring back when lightly pressed and the cakes starts to shrink back the edge of the tins.
- Turn the cakes out onto a wire cake rack and leave to cool.
- Make the chocolate fudge frosting to sandwich and decorate the cake.
- Melt the butter in a small saucepan.
- Stir in the cocoa and cook very gently for a minute.
- Stir in the icing sugar and enough milk to make the desired spreadable consistency.
- Spread half of the frosting over one cake, lay the second on top and pour the remainder on top and spread over evenly.
- Next make the chocolate flakes by using a potato peeler on the strips of chocolate.
- Scatter the flakes over the icing.
- Serve (can be stored in an air tight container for up to 3 days).
Notes
- I found an electric hand whisk perfect for mixing the cake batter.
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