This is the easiest recipe for chocolate cake and it leaves you with a fudgy, dense moist cake. The best bit? it uses vegetable oil for fat and cocoa instead of chocolate. OK, so that doesn�t sound so appealing, but believe me you don�t notice and it does make it a very cheap cake to make.
Preheat the oven to 180C and grease and line two 20cm sandwich tins.
Add all of the ingredients, except the boiling water, to a large mixing bowl and stir until well combined.
Add the boiling water and mix it in well. The cake batter will be very runny now, don?t worry!
Divide the batter between the two sandwich tins and bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes, or until the top of the cake is springy to the touch.
Remove the cakes from the oven and allow to cool completely before icing.
Chocolate ganache icing
300ml double cream
125g dark chocolate
2tbsp icing sugar
Wait until the cakes are completely cool before icing. Place four strips of baking paper (or just normal paper) on the edge of a plate and place one of the cakes on top.
Pour half the cream into a large bowl with 1tbsp icing sugar and whisk until softly whipped (the peaks stand up by themselves). Spread this over the cake on the plate. Top with the other half.
Melt all the icing ingredients in a small saucepan, stirring gently. Keep whisking until it become thick and glossy. Ice the cake in 2 thin layers, chilling in between.
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Serving Size: 1 Serving (1698g) | ||
Recipe Makes: 10 Servings | ||
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Calories: 1495 | ||
Calories from Fat: 633 (42%) | ||
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Amt Per Serving | % DV | |
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Total Fat 70.3g | 94 % | |
Saturated Fat 22.5g | 112 % | |
Monounsaturated Fat 25.6g | ||
Polyunsanturated Fat 11.1g | ||
Cholesterol 207.1mg | 64 % | |
Sodium 2131.4mg | 73 % | |
Potassium 2897.6mg | 76 % | |
Total Carbohydrate 151.1g | 44 % | |
Dietary Fiber 0.9g | 4 % | |
Sugars, other 150.2g | ||
Protein 65.9g | 94 % | |
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Calories per serving: 1495
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