Chocolate caramel cake

Chocolate caramel cake

This rich cake makes an impressive centrepiece for any summer tea party

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 12

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Freezable

Sponge is freezable

Method

  1. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Lightly grease 2 x 23cm loose-bottom cake tins and line with a circle of baking parchment. Beat together the butter and sugar until pale and creamy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well between each addition, then add the baking powder, cocoa and a third of the flour. Mix well to combine, then stir in half the soured cream. Alternating between adding the flour and soured cream, mix everything until just combined. Spoon into the prepared tins, then smooth over the surface with a spoon.
  2. Bake for 30 mins or until the cakes are firm to touch and a skewer inserted into the centres comes out clean. Leave to cool in the tins for 5 mins, then turn out onto a rack and cool completely.
  3. When you're ready to serve, whip the double cream with 2 tbsp Dulce de leche until soft peaks form. Place 1 cake on a serving plate and spread with half the cream, then drizzle over the remaining Dulce de leche. Top with the other cake, then spread the remaining cream on top. Sprinkle with the chocolate. Chill until ready to serve.

PER SERVING

597 kcalories, protein 5g, carbohydrate 51g, fat 43 g, saturated fat 25g, fibre 1g, sugar 32g, salt 0.74 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2009.

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  • Binder photo Viv1945

    12 July 2009

    Viv1945 commented on this recipe

    Looks like a lovely diet disaster !

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  • Binder photo Amanda

    18 July 2009

    Amanda rated and commented on this recipe

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    Brilliant recipe, very easy to make and even more enjoyable to eat.... I made it for my friends engagement pary and it went down a real treat!!!!

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  • Binder photo luvnosh

    19 July 2009

    luvnosh rated and commented on this recipe

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    made this fab cake for a birtday party. it was absolutely gorgeous and many remarks were made as to how yummy it was. cant wait for another chance to make it again. luvnosh

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  • Binder photo What's for dinner?

    24 July 2009

    What's for dinner? rated and commented on this recipe

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    Yum chocolate and caramel, my favourite flavours!

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  • Binder photo KB

    26 July 2009

    KB commented on this recipe

    Made this cake, went down a treat! Lovely textured sponge, dense and moist. Mixing the caramel in with the cream is a fantastic idea and I will remember that in future. Am making another tomorrow!

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  • Binder photo leonie

    27 July 2009

    leonie rated and commented on this recipe

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    Absolutely gorgeous! Made for boyfriends birthday party � went down really well. Used shop bought toffee sauce & used food processor throughout but worked just as well � light fluffy & decadent!

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  • Binder photo viktory

    30 July 2009

    viktory commented on this recipe

    Didn't like this at all - the cake was dry and bitter. I have no luck with chocolate cake

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  • Binder photo fiona

    01 August 2009

    fiona commented on this recipe

    lovely i have made it today for my daughters 7th birthday;only used half the volume of cream (elmlea to further skinnify) and replaced topping with melted chocolate; used reduced fat soured cream and utterly butterly which has lower sat fats and omega fats ...so it wasn't quite a diet breaker!...

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  • Binder photo Honey

    03 August 2009

    Honey rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Yum! I made this for my lil sis's 11 th birthday it went down a treat even with the older chefs of the family! Unfortuneately i turned the cake out of it's tin to early and it broke but i glued it all together and put it in the fridge over night and you never would have guessed!

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  • Binder photo Jemma

    07 August 2009

    Jemma rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Made this for a family Sunday tea, everyone loved it. Especially the caramel. However I found that the lid of the cake kept sliding off the cream, so make sure you really whip the cream and just be careful if transporting!

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  • Binder photo mymeals

    10 August 2009

    mymeals commented on this recipe

    Help please! Not sure what I'm doing wrong, have just made this today for 2nd time as first time the cakes didnt rise. Followed everything to the letter and the same thing has happended again. The cakes are only about 1 inch high and quite a heavy dense texture - should they not be deeper and lighter? Any tips would be greatly appreciated - its not cheap to keep getting it wrong!

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  • Binder photo pynner

    17 August 2009

    pynner commented on this recipe

    I need help as well, having same problem as mymeals. I baked this cake this morning and I have started again this afternoon.This time have used 2 rounded tsp baking powder and I have put all the cake mix into one cake tin - now have my fingers crossed, It has risen but I can't tell how dense it will be yet. I am wondering if it is because mymeals and I may have both used a bamix/hand blender rather than a food mixer or traditional fork,spoon etc please let me know what you used.

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  • Binder photo Emma Lewis

    24 August 2009

    Emma Lewis commented on this recipe

    Sorry that you are having problems mymeals and pynner. This cake is rather rich and indulgent so it will look quite dense. If both your cakes are 1inch high I would have thought that is about right - piled on top of each other that will look quite impressive.

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  • Binder photo saralou75

    27 August 2009

    saralou75 commented on this recipe

    I made this cake as a special treat for the family and it went down very wel!!!! Really lovely texture sponge, and the caramel and cream really made it, cant wait to make another

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    07 September 2009

    toxiccharlie rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    it is so nice

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    07 September 2009

    toxiccharlie rated and commented on this recipe

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    it is so nice

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  • Binder photo Midshipman

    20 December 2009

    Midshipman rated and commented on this recipe

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    my 7 and 5 year old boys made it with my gf - not only did they love helping but it tasted absolutely gorgeous. light sponge and delicious filling. im going to make it to accompany a christmas day cup of tea

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    12 January 2010

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    13 January 2010

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  • Binder photo bananaman17

    09 June 2010

    bananaman17 rated and commented on this recipe

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    Can't deny it, this was a massive success for a summer evening dinner party. However, I had a bit of trouble getting the "sponge" cakes right. I had to put them back in the oven for a bit more than recommended. I didn't have any shop-bought caramel, so I mad my own butterscotch (by heating a cup of sugar with half a cup of water and adding cream when caramel turns amber). And I used cream cheese mixed with icing sugar for the cream filling. It went down a treat.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 12

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Freezable

Sponge is freezable

Ingredients

  • 300g butter , plus extra for greasing
  • 300g light muscovado sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1½ tsp baking powder
  • 85g cocoa powder
  • 225g plain flour
  • 225ml soured cream
  • 300ml pot double cream
  • 5 tbsp dulce de leche or caramel sauce
  • 25g caramel flavoured chocolate , finely chopped (we used Lindt)
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PER SERVING

597 kcalories, protein 5g, carbohydrate 51g, fat 43 g, saturated fat 25g, fibre 1g, sugar 32g, salt 0.74 g

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