Lucy Tate’s Devil’s Food Cake

Name: Lucy Tate’s Devil’s Food Cake
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 2½ tsp baking powder; 5-6 oz (150-175 g) best-quality bittersweet (dark) chocolate, broken into pieces; 2 eggs, separated; 2¼ cups (9 oz/275 g) all-purpose (plain) flour; 1 cup (8 oz/250 g) sugar; 1 tsp pure vanilla extract (essence); 1 cup (8 fl oz/250 ml) milk; 4 oz (125 g) bittersweet (dark) chocolate, melted; 1 tbsp golden syrup or honey; 2 tbsp (1 oz/25 g) butter; ¼ tsp salt; scant ½ cup (3½ oz/100 g) sugar; ½ cup (4 oz/l25 g) butter, softened

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Chocolate

By Chantal Coady

Published 1993

About

One of my oldest recipes, this was given to me by my best friend at school when we were about 10 years old. It is always most delicious when eaten in the middle of the night with a glass of very cold milk, as part of an illicit feast.

Ingredients

5-6 oz (150-175 g) best-quality bittersweet (dark) chocolate, broken into pieces
1 cup (

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

In a saucepan over low heat, melt together the chocolate, 6 tbsp. of the milk and ½ cup plus 2 tbsp (