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Chocolate Cake

Doves Farm recipe

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A great staple of many teas and school fetes this chocolate layer cake could be sandwiched together with jam and served without the topping.

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Unit of measurement

Ingredients

200 gSoftened Butter
200 gCaster Sugar
4 Eggs
1 tspVanilla Extract
200 gSelf Raising White Flour
3 tbspsCocoa
3 tbspsMilk
50 gButter
75 gIcing Sugar
1 tbspCocoa
50 gChocolate
25 gButter
1 tbspGolden Syrup

Method

  1. Beat together the butter and sugar.
  2. Beat in the eggs, vanilla extract, flour, cocoa and milk.
  3. Divide the mixture between two oiled & lined 20cm/8”round tins.
  4. Bake in a pre-heated oven for 20/25 minutes.
  5. Cool the cakes on a wire rack.
  6. To make the filling soften the butter, put it in a bowl and mix in the icing sugar and cocoa.
  7. Spread the filling over the top of one cold cake layer.
  8. Place the other cake layer on top.
  9. To make the topping put the chocolate, butter and golden syrup into a bowl and gently melt together.
  10. As soon as the chocolate is melted stir the topping and spread it over the cake.

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Temperature & cooking time:
20/25mins at 180°C/Fan 160°C/350°F/Gas 4

Dietary status:
Without Nuts, Without Soya.

Please note: Dietary status is a guideline only. If you have a food allergy, please check the suitability of your ingredients.

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By Mr Don O'Ketty

02 May 2013 | 20:20 BST

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Absolutely fantastic - easy to make, easy to bake! Only change I made was remove the eggs and replace with No-Egg (8 heaped teaspoons to 4 tablespoons of water) - and increased the baking time to 30 mins. But a great cake, the best I've made!

By Mrs Judith Dugdale

30 Sep 2012 | 09:11 BST

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Made this and took it to work. Everyone thought it was as good as normal cakes. Simple to make.

By Miss Alice Brolly

18 Jul 2012 | 12:12 BST

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This is the best chocolate cake ever! It is the only cake I have made that you can't tell it is made with gluten free flour :)

By Mrs Laura Ketteridge

28 Nov 2010 | 16:40 GMT

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I used this recipe yesterday and it make the most wonderful cake.

Instead of the topping in the recipe I made a chocolate ganache and use fresh cream to sandwich the layers together.

I dipped strawberries in white chocolate and used them to decorate.

By Mrs Rachel Friedli

06 Jan 2010 | 20:21 GMT

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This is a cake that is really yummy! It is also the ONLY cake that my little girl will eat, she is 5 and doesn't like sweet things.I use strawberry jam (no sugar) as a filler for the cake.