Devil’s food cake

Name: Devil’s food cake
Yield: Serves 12–16
Ingredients: 450 g dark chocolate, finely chopped; 75 g cocoa powder, sifted; 200 ml double cream; 350 g butter; 150 g dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids); 200 g butter plus extra for greasing; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 3 large eggs; 225 g caster sugar; 2 tsp vanilla paste; 150 g light brown sugar; 1 tsp baking powder; 335 g plain flour

Preparation info

Serves
12–16

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Prue

By Prue Leith

Published 2018

About

This is simply the best chocolate cake I’ve ever eaten. It was given to me by Rebecca, who works behind the scenes for Bake Off. She is a brilliant baker. She says the recipe is her mum’s. So thank you, Rebecca’s mum. It’s so lovely that recipes get passed along, spreading joy to the world.

Ingredients

For the chocolate frosting

200 ml double cream
350 g butter
450

Cake
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

For the chocolate frosting, pour the cream into a saucepan, add the butter and heat, stirring occasionally, until the butter has melted. Bring to just below boiling point, then remove from the heat. Add the chocolate and whisk until smooth and glossy. Pour into a bowl and leave to set at room temperature, whisking occasionally.