Big Cakes: Family Chocolate Cake

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    8

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Bake and Decorate

By Fiona Cairns

Published 2011

  • About

Buttermilk helps to lighten the texture and adds flavour.

Ingredients

For the Cake

  • 175 g unsalted butter, softened, plus more for the tin
  • 100 g 50-60% cocoa solids chocolate, finely chopped

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan 170°C/350°F/gas mark 4. Butter 2 × 20cm round sandwich tins, each 4.5cm deep, and line the bases with baking parchment.

Place the chocolate in a bowl and pour over 120ml just-boiled water. Stir until melted, then set aside to cool.</