Easy Chocolate Cake
An easy cake full of chocolate flavor that's perfect for baking with the kids!
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 50 min
- Yield
- 12 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 ½ cups self raising flour (see notes)
- ¼ cup plain (all purpose) flour
- ¼ cup dutch process cocoa powder (see notes)
- 1 cup castor (superfine) sugar
- ¼ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- pinch salt
- 1 cup whole milk
- ½ cup melted unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 1 ¼ cups icing sugar ((powdered sugar))
- 1 tablespoon dutch process cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter (softened)
- 2 tablespoon whole milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 340°F/170°C. Butter an 8in/20cm round deep cake pan. Line the base then flour the sides with a mixture of flour and cocoa powder.
- 2
In a stand mixer bowl, sift the flours, cocoa powder, sugar, bicarbonate of soda and salt.
- 3
Add the milk, butter and vanilla.
- 4
Mix on low for 30 seconds. With a rubber spatula, scrape the sides and base of the bowl to ensure all the flour is incorporated.
- 5
Add the eggs.
- 6
Mix on medium for 2 minutes.
- 7
Pour in to prepared pan. Give the pan one sharp bang on the kitchen bench to burst excess air bubbles.
- 8
Bake for 45-50 minutes or until the cake is coming away from the sides and a skewer inserted comes out clean.
- 9
Cool for 10 minutes. Then turn out onto a wire rack. Place a second wire rack onto the cake and upturn so that the cake sit on it base. Don't just pick the warm cake up with your hands to turn it over because it may crack.
- 10
Sift the icing (powdered) sugar and cocoa into stand mixer bowl.
- 11
Add the butter and mix on low for 1 minute.
- 12
Add 1 tablespoon of milk and vanilla extract and continue to mix. Add more milk to achieve a a smooth but thick frosting.
- 13
Frost the cooled cake with all of the chocolate frosting. Decorate as desired.