Ingredients
200g self raising flour
40g cocoa
1.5 tsp baking powder
200g light muscavado sugar
200g softened butter (at room temperature)
4 eggs
1.5 tsp vanilla extract
60g dark chocolate
Equipment Required
Large bowl
Electric whisk
2 8" sandwich tins
sieve
bowl for meting chocolate
saucepan
Put the chocolate in a bowl that fits neatly on top of a saucepan of simmering water and melt the chocolate. While it is melting put everything else into a bowl and when the chocolate is melted add that too. Whisk everything together until it is smooth and combined. If the mixture still seems very stiff then add a couple of tablespoons of milk and whisk again.
Grease the sandwich tins (ideally put some greaseproof paper on the bottom) and then split the mixture between the two tins. Spread evenly but try not to really push the mixture down in the tin and it will make it less light and springy when it cooks. Bake in the oven at 180 degrees Celsius (if you have a fan oven and can turn the fan off then do that - use the normal oven setting). It should take around 30 minutes to cook but check it after 25 and if it is springy then take it out. Leave it to cool for 5 minutes in the tin and then turn out in to a cake rack. Allow to cool completely before adding the butter cream.
Ingredients for chocolate butter cream
40g cocoa
1.5 tsp baking powder
200g light muscavado sugar
200g softened butter (at room temperature)
4 eggs
1.5 tsp vanilla extract
60g dark chocolate
Equipment Required
Large bowl
Electric whisk
2 8" sandwich tins
sieve
bowl for meting chocolate
saucepan
Put the chocolate in a bowl that fits neatly on top of a saucepan of simmering water and melt the chocolate. While it is melting put everything else into a bowl and when the chocolate is melted add that too. Whisk everything together until it is smooth and combined. If the mixture still seems very stiff then add a couple of tablespoons of milk and whisk again.
Grease the sandwich tins (ideally put some greaseproof paper on the bottom) and then split the mixture between the two tins. Spread evenly but try not to really push the mixture down in the tin and it will make it less light and springy when it cooks. Bake in the oven at 180 degrees Celsius (if you have a fan oven and can turn the fan off then do that - use the normal oven setting). It should take around 30 minutes to cook but check it after 25 and if it is springy then take it out. Leave it to cool for 5 minutes in the tin and then turn out in to a cake rack. Allow to cool completely before adding the butter cream.
Ingredients for chocolate butter cream
200g butter (softened)
200g icing sugar
200g dark chocolate
Equipment required
Large mixing bowl
Saucepan
Bowl for melting chocolate
Electric whisk or wooden spoon
Melt the chocolate over a pan of simmering water as you did for the cake. While it is melting whisk the butter for about 15 seconds and then add the icing sugar and whisk with the butter. Then add the chocolate and whisk again. The butter cream should look creamy and light.
Melt the chocolate over a pan of simmering water as you did for the cake. While it is melting whisk the butter for about 15 seconds and then add the icing sugar and whisk with the butter. Then add the chocolate and whisk again. The butter cream should look creamy and light.
Choose
the sponge that has the flattest top and keep it to one side. Put half
the butter cream on the other sponge (on the side that was the base) and
then put the other one on top. Then carefully spread the rest of the
butter cream on top of the other sponge trying not to move it around too
much or putting too much pressure on the cake otherwise the butter cream
in the middle will come out. You could add the butter cream to the top of
the top sponge before sandwiching it on the other - you just have to be
careful when picking it up to put it on top.
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