Yummy Chocolate Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 180C/fan - 200C/electric - gas 6
• Begin by weighing your eggs. Whatever weight this comes to, measure the same in butter and sugar.
• Add this to a cake mixer and mix until lighter in colour and texture. (if you do not have a mixer then use a hand mixer or just muscle power!)
• Now, if you were making a regular sponge cake, you would weigh the same amount of self raising flour as your initial egg weight, however as we are making a chocolate cake, only add 3/4 of this weight in flour and make up the rest in cocoa powder.
• sieve the flour/cocoa mix into a bowl.
• turn the mixer containing the butter and sugar mix to the lowest speed and gradually and alternately add the eggs and cocoa/flour until thoroughly combined.
• give the mix one last rapid mix for a few seconds and then add 2 tbsp of boiling water and mix this in with a metal spoon.
• add the cake batter to your greased and floured cake tin (or add spoonfuls to individual cupcake cases if you'd prefer!)
• and place in the middle of the oven for 50 - 60 mins until firm and springy to the touch.
• ---to check if it has cooked, insert a knife into the centre of the cake, if it comes out clean, youre good to go!---
• (for cupcakes, cook for about 15-20 mins and check with the same knife test!)
• CAUTION, DO NOT OPEN THE OVEN IN THE FIRST 30 MINS OF THE COOKING TIME or your cake will sink!
• take out of the oven and leave to cool in the tin for a while and turn onto a cooling rack whenever you feel confident to!
• to make the butter icing you add half butter to icing sugar and enough cocoa powder to give a rich luxurious taste! I use about 225g icing sugar to 110g butter but you can make as much as you like! (this mixture is very forgiving so dont worry about accuracy. and the extra will keep in the fridge!
• I add this icing to the middle and top of the cake but you can ice the cake however you want to!
• enjoy!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine cake mix, pudding mix, water and egg whites. Beat on low speed for 1 minute; beat on medium for 2 minutes. Pour into a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 12-18 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. , For frosting, place milk and extract in a large bowl. Sprinkle with a third of the pudding mix; let stand for 1 minute. Whisk pudding into milk. Repeat twice with remaining pudding mix. Whisk pudding 2 minutes longer. Let stand for 15 minutes. Fold in whipped topping. Frost cake. If desired, garnish with chocolate curls.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325°F (170°C). Grease a round cake pan and line with parchment paper.
• Add the chocolate chips to a microwave-safe bowl and melt completely, about 1 minute.
• Separate the egg yolks from the whites. With an electric hand mixer, whisk the whites until soft peaks form.
• Add the egg yolks, one at a time, the bowl of melted chocolate and stir to combine.
• Using a rubber spatula, gently fold ⅓ of the whipped egg whites at a time into the chocolate mixture.
• Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan and smooth the top. Bake the cake for 30 minutes.
• Once the cake is cool to the touch, gently invert it onto a serving plate. Slice and dust with powdered sugar and/or serve with ice cream and fruit, if desired.
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Cut parchment paper circles to fit three 9 inch cake pans, or 2 larger cake pans (depending on the size and style of cake you want to create).
• Alternatively, this recipe will make about 3 1/2 dozen cupcakes, using muffins tins lined with cupcake papers.
• Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• Set aside.
• Whisk the cocoa and coffee together until smooth (no lumps).
• Set aside.
• In a large mixer bowl, cream butter (about 1 minute), add oil, beat for one minute.
• Add sugars, beat for 10 minutes.
• Add eggs, beat 5 minutes.
• Add vanilla, beat until blended.
• Alternately add coffee and cocoa mixture and dry ingredients into butter mixture, mixing after each addition, making sure to scrape the sides of the bowl often.
• Pour into prepared pans.
• Bake for about 25 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
• If making cupcakes, bake for about 20 minutes.
• Spread frosting over layers, and frost entire cake.
• Another delicious idea is to melt jam until it's syrup consistency (if using raspberry jam, make sure you strain it!) and brush the tops of the layers with the melted jam before frosting them.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9 inch cake pans.
• Use the first set of ingredients to make the cake. In a medium bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add the eggs, milk, oil and vanilla, mix for 3 minutes with an electric mixer. Stir in the boiling water by hand. Pour evenly into the two prepared pans.
• Bake for 30 to 35 minutes in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to cool completely.
• To make the frosting, use the second set of ingredients. Cream butter until light and fluffy. Stir in the cocoa and confectioners' sugar alternately with the milk and vanilla. Beat to a spreading consistency.
• Split the layers of cooled cake horizontally, cover the top of each layer with frosting, then stack them onto a serving plate. Frost the outside of the cake.

Steps:

• Grease and line three 8-inch (20 cm) cake tins with parchment paper.
• In a large bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside.
• In a large glass measuring cup, combine the stout, vanilla, and espresso powder. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until it is light and fluffy, about 5 minutes, scraping down the sides occasionally to ensure all the ingredients are being evenly creamed together.
• Beat in the eggs, one at a time, ensuring each egg is fully incorporated before adding the next.
• Add the mayonnaise and beat until the mixture is smooth and creamy.
• Preheat oven to 325˚F (160˚C).
• Alternate adding the prepared dry and wet ingredients to the batter. Starting with about ⅓ of the dry ingredients, beat until incorporated. Then add ⅓ of the liquid ingredients, mixing until the batter comes together. Continue until all the wet and dry ingredients have been incorporated.
• Using a rubber scraper, fold the dark chocolate chunks into the batter.
• Distribute the batter evenly between the 3 prepared cake tins.
• Bake for about 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
• Place the cakes on a cooling rack and leave to cool for about 10-15 minutes, until the outside of the pan is cool enough to touch.
• Once the cakes have cooled, loosen the edges using a butter knife. Then place a large plate over the tin and invert to release the cake from the pan. Remove the parchment paper from the bottom of the cake and slide the cake back onto the cooling rack to cool completely. Repeat for the remaining two layers.
• While your cakes are cooling, prepare the buttercream.
• In a large bowl, beat together the butter and vanilla.
• Gradually add in the cocoa powder, powdered sugar, and milk, continuously beating until all the ingredients have been incorporated and the frosting is light and fluffy.
• Frost and decorate to your liking.
• Slice and serve.
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan. Sift together the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing just until incorporated. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first 6 ingredients. Add the eggs, coffee, buttermilk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed for 2 minutes (batter will be thin). Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan., Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease 9-inch baking pan.
• Stir together flour and sugar in large bowl.
• Remove 1/2 cup mixture; set aside for topping.
• Stir baking soda, baking powder and salt into remaining flour mixture.
• Add butter, egg, milk and syrup; beat mixer until well blended.
• Pour batter into greased pan.
• Sprinkle reserved flour mixture over top.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Serve warm or at room temperature.