Chocolate Butter Cake Layers

Name: Chocolate Butter Cake Layers
Yield: Makes two 23 cm round layers, 5cm high
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon baking powder; 260 g plain flour; 340 g sugar; 170 g unsalted butter, softened; ¼ teaspoon salt; 3 medium eggs, at room temperature; 180 ml full fat milk, at room temperature; 85 g unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Preparation info

Makes
two
23 cm round layers, 5cm high

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Bake!

By Nick Malgieri

Published 2010

About

The rich chocolate flavour of these layers derives from unsweetened chocolate, which transforms what is basically a yellow cake batter into a chocolate one. To further enhance the flavour of the chocolate, add ¼ teaspoon cinnamon, 2 teaspoons instant coffee granules dissolved in the milk, or the grated zest of a lemon or orange.

Ingredients

260 g plain flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Prepare the batter according to the master recipe for White Butter Cake, starting with step 1, using the ingredients above and skipping step 3. At the end of step 4, beat in the eggs one at a time, beating smooth after each addition, then beat in the melted chocolate. Finish mixing, bake, cool, and store as in the master recipe.