Romantic Chocolate Cake

By Vah11

A chocolate sponge cake decorated with chocolate butter icing and chocolate heart shaped pieces. Delicious.

0 shares Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Pin it Share on WhatsApp Share on Google+

Google Ads

Rate this recipe 4.4/5 (36 Votes)

1 Picture

Orla's Chocolate Cake

Basic Cake Plain/Chocolate

Ingredients

100g soften butter
100g caster sugar
2 eggs
70g SR flour
30g cocoa powder
For decorations:
100g dark chocolate
50g soften butter
100g icing sugar
20g cocoa

Details

servings 8
Level of difficulty Average
Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 30mins
Cost Average budget

Preparation

Step 1

Cream butter and sugar in a food mixer till light and fluffy.
Add in beaten egg a little at a time.
Sieve flour and cocoa together. Fold the flour into the cake mixture.

Step 2

Transfer the mixture into a greased lined 18cm. tin. Bake in the preheated oven at 190C/ Gas Mark 5 for 30 to 35 minutes, until firm to the touch.
Remove from the oven. Leave the cake to cool.

Step 3

Melt chocolate on a bowl of hot water. Spread the melted chocolate on a piece of grease proof paper. Leave to cool. Use heart shaped cutters to cut into 2 different sizes heart shaped chocolate pieces.

Step 4

Cream butter and icing sugar together. Mix cocoa in a teaspoon of hot water. Stir cocoa into the butter cream.
Spread the top of the cake with chocolate butter cream. Decorate the cake with chocolate hearts.