Cynthia’s Chocolate Cake

Name: Cynthia’s Chocolate Cake
Cuisine: Scottish
Ingredients: 300 ml double cream; 75 ml natural yoghurt; a few edible flowers; 2 tbsp caster sugar; 85 g self-raising flour; ¼ tsp baking powder; 1 tbsp instant coffee granules; 85 g plain flour; 3 large eggs; ½ tsp vanilla extract; 400 g caster sugar; 25 g cocoa; 200 g dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids), roughly chopped; 200 g butter, cubed; 200 g dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids), roughly chopped

Preparation info

Serves
8–10

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Gloagburn

By Alison Niven

Published 2025

About

Cynthia is my sister-in-law’s mother; she’s a wonderfully kind woman and she often makes this lovely, rich chocolate cake when you go to visit. It will keep for 3 to 4 days in an airtight tin.

Ingredients

200 g dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids), roughly chopped
200 g butter, cubed

United Kingdom
Vegetarian
Scotland
Cake

Method

Preheat the oven to 160°C/140°C fan/gas mark 3.
Put the chocolate into a pan with the butter. Mix the coffee granules with 125ml just-boiled water and add to the pan, then put it over a low heat until the chocolate and butter are just melted.