Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
- 350g Self raising Flour (If using Plain add 1 tsp of baking powder, too)
- 1 tsp Bicarb
- Pinch of Salt
- 300g Caster Sugar
- 200g Light Brown Sugar
- 110g Cocoa Powder
- 250ml Cooled Boiled Water
- 100ml Vegetable Oil
- 100g Melted Butter
- 4 Large Eggs
- 1.5 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 4 tbsp Buttermilk (You can make this with 4 tbsp of milk mixed with 1/2tsp lemon juice or vinegar. Wait for 10 mins until curdled it's then ready to use)
Method
Preheat your oven 170C/150C Fan/Gas 3/325F
- Line and grease 3 x 8-inch tins.
- Combine flour all the dry ingredients together, bicarb, baking powder, salt, sugars and cocoa powder using your spatula or hand whisk.
- In another bowl, whisk together all of the wet ingredients, water, oil, eggs, vanilla, melted butter and buttermilk.
- Then, either on low with a stand mixer or using a whisk/spatula, mix both of these until fully combined.
- Do not over mix, just incorporate until it's all combined, this is a wet mix so don’t worry it is right.
- Pour into a jug and tip evenly into the tins.
- Put it into the oven and pop your timer on for 30 to 40 minutes. (all timings vary in different ovens)
- Cakes will be done when there is no wobble, and bounce back to the touch or a cocktail stick comes out clean
