Sticky chocolate drop cakes

Sticky chocolate drop cakes

This easy-to-make bake will keep somewhere cool in an airtight tin for up to two days

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 15

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 35 mins

Freezable

Freezable un-iced

Method

  1. Butter and line a traybake or small roasting tin, about 20 x 30cm. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Gently melt the butter in a large saucepan, cool for 5 mins, add sugar, vanilla and eggs, then beat until smooth with a wooden spoon. Stir in the flour, cocoa and ¼ tsp salt. Stir in the milk chocolate drops and bake for 35 mins until risen all over and a skewer comes out with a few damp crumbs.
  2. For the top, gently heat 85g butter and 85g caster sugar together until both are melted. Stir in 200g light condensed milk and bring to a boil. Cool for 5 mins, then stir in 50g milk chocolate drops to melt. Spread over the cold cake, scatter with more chocolate drops and cut into squares.

PER SERVING

433 kcalories, protein 5g, carbohydrate 54g, fat 24 g, saturated fat 14g, fibre 1g, sugar 42g, salt 0.31 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, July 2009.

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  • 21 September 2011

    catherine rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Brilliant but simple chocolate cake. I used a mixture of white, milk and dark chocolate drops. Will certainly be making it again.

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  • 07 October 2011

    KateM commented on this recipe

    Easy to make and, according to my work colleagues, "the best chocolate cake ever!" Will definitely make again.

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    15 November 2011

    She commented on this recipe

    Really easy and delicious I didn't make the icing just made icing with icing sugar and cocoa. Has anyone tried freezing ? If so was it OK? Thanks

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  • 21 November 2011

    riggers rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Really sweet but went down well, especially liked the brownie-esque texture. Was too rich and sweet to eat a whole piece but others ate several!

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  • 26 December 2011

    Mish commented on this recipe

    made this xmas and my family love it! cake is moist but use fat free condensed milk.. could not find light condensed.

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  • 26 December 2011

    Mish rated this recipe

    5 stars

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  • 19 January 2012

    D_SBL rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Sunk in the middle a little but it may have been a result of my over-beating. Tasty cake and the icing was a real treat!

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    25 January 2012

    ACH rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    I made this for a kindergarten party. The cake didn't look very nice when it was baked. Luckily there was the topping to cover the imperfections. I thought the topping was too milky (not a fan of milk) so I added some orange essence to mask the smell. Sprinkled pastel icing stars on top and it looked really nice. It was nice but not fantastic.

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  • 12 February 2012

    gill bish commented on this recipe

    fabulous! just made and added a slightly different topping, 85g butter and 140g icing sugar creamed, then 85g melted chocolate added. also added 4 eggs to cake as mine are medium not large. v.easy to make and will definitely do again.

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  • 19 February 2012

    Hannah commented on this recipe

    Brill cake, I drizzled orange and ginger in the to cake for a change and then did chocolate icing with white chocolate stars for the topping

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  • 08 April 2012

    Smithybakecake commented on this recipe

    Tried this cake as a novice baker - and the result was good! Did seem a little dry but I think left it too long in the oven. Tasted good all the same.

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  • 13 April 2012

    Nicola rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I have made this a few times now and always gets eaten quickly. Like some other reviews I found it a bit dry around the edges so just trimmed them off. Next time I just reduced the cooking time by 5 minutes and was perfect. The first time I didn't make the topping but used chocolate spread, and used white chocolate in the cake and then chocolate buttons, Milky Stars and Malteasers on top - went down very well with my son and his friends!!. I've also made it with the topping but found that i had to leave the topping for quite a while for it to thicken up as it cooled. It was then really easy to spread and didn't drop off the sides. Definately make again perhaps put in some orange zest and then use chocolate orange spread on top.

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  • 19 April 2012

    loulou99 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I googled an easy chocolate tray bake half an hour before a friend came round for coffee. This came up. It was so easy, I had all the ingredients in the cupboard and it tasted delicious. I did a different topping, using just butter, icing sugar and cocoa and then decorated with mini eggs for an Easter feel. I will be making this regularly - thought it'd be a great easy bake for the next cake sale at school! Really recommend this- such an easy recipe to follow and it tasted really great.

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  • 06 May 2012

    Julie commented on this recipe

    Can't get the icing to consistency to spread, much to runny, should the condensed milk be dulce de leche? Tried chilling but still didn't get to spreadable consistency. Used buttercream with cocoa powder instead. Did use block margarine instead of butter but this should set surely.

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  • 22 June 2012

    zimbojen rated this recipe

    5 stars

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  • 23 June 2012

    Stormy rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Easy to make and very moist. Found that the cake squares were alright without icing. Sold very well at the church fete and will make again for trhe school fair.

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  • 02 July 2012

    Dawn Hutchins commented on this recipe

    Made this at weekend - cake itself is lovely but icing was a total disaster. Was far too runny and it ran off the cake all over the worktop! Will make cake base again but do a different icing.

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  • 06 August 2012

    Nick rated this recipe

    4 stars

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  • 16 September 2012

    miss.Kaur commented on this recipe

    this is the first time i made the cake and they were brillent and they got me a B grad in my gcse thank you very much XxXxXxXx : )

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  • 21 September 2012

    RoseOfTheShires commented on this recipe

    I've just made this recipe for a coffee morning tomorrow. I'm a bit disappointed with the cake itself as it is quite flat: I used a Swizz roll tin of exactly the right dimensions and it hasn't risen above the tin. I've found the icing easy to make though. I hope it tastes good but I may now have to make an indulgent looking chocolate cake as well as this one doesn't seem to fit the bill.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 15

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 35 mins

Freezable

Freezable un-iced

Ingredients

  • 250g pack unsalted butter
  • 300g golden caster sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 large eggs
  • 200g self-raising flour
  • 50g cocoa
  • 100g milk chocolate drops

FOR THE TOPPING

  • 85g butter
  • 85g caster sugar
  • 200g light condensed milk
  • 50g milk chocolate drops, plus extra, to scatter
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PER SERVING

433 kcalories, protein 5g, carbohydrate 54g, fat 24 g, saturated fat 14g, fibre 1g, sugar 42g, salt 0.31 g

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