Chocolate sandwich cake

Name: Chocolate sandwich cake
Ingredients: 115 g/4 oz/½ cup unsalted butter, softened; 175 g/6 oz/1½ cups icing (confectioners’) sugar, sifted; few drops of vanilla extract; 50 g/2 oz/½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder; 5 ml/1 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 50 g/2 oz dark (bittersweet) chocolate; 250 ml/8 fl oz/1 cup buttermilk; 3 eggs, beaten; 250 g/9 oz/1¼ cups caster (superfine) sugar; 5 ml/1 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 225 g/8 oz/2 cups plain (all-purpose) flour; 130 g/4½ oz/generous ½ cup butter, softened, plus extra for greasing

Preparation info

Serves
10–12

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cakes

By Ann Nicol

Published 2014

About

A light chocolate sponge cake is filled and topped with a rich, chocolatey frosting. It makes a good celebration cake, topped with small squares of fudge and white chocolate buttons.

Ingredients

130 g/4½ oz/generous ½ cup butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
250

Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Grease and line two 20cm/8in round shallow cake tins (pans) with baking parchment.
Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the eggs. Beat in the flour, bicarbonate of soda and cocoa in