Chocolate birthday cake

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• Maggiemay

  11 June 2010

  Maggiemay commented on this recipe

  This cake is brilliant. easy and looks great. Will be making it again and again.

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• Saf Thomas

  25 July 2010

  Saf Thomas rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Awesome cake... one piece is not enough

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• Sarah_clk

  29 July 2010

  Sarah_clk commented on this recipe

  everyone wanted the recipe after i baked this... I used white flour and baked it in a swiss roll tin.

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• sana_13301

  18 August 2010

  sana_13301 commented on this recipe

  can i use normal caster sugar instead ofgolden caster sugar as it is impossible for me to golden caster sugar right now. and i have to make the cake urgently !

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• Coco Loco

  31 October 2010

  Coco Loco rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This was a complete success. I followed the cake recipe exactly but to decorate I spread dark melted chocolate over the top and then created a white chocolate spider web design to turn it into a Halloween cake. I also used a round cake tin which was more appropriate for this particular cake. I took it into work and had nothing but great comments, can�t wait to make it again!

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• Christina

  13 December 2010

  Christina commented on this recipe

  I made this cake for my little brother's birthday but decided to posh it up by cutting the sponge in half and adding some cream cheese and cherry filling. Turned out seriously good!

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• Ninky Pinky

  20 January 2011

  Ninky Pinky commented on this recipe

  Made this cake today and Really nice cake but it wasn't sweet enough for my liking so next time will put more sugar. Also, i needed nearly 50 mins to bake this cake till cook thoroughly using my oven.

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• Leyla S

  25 January 2011

  Leyla S rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Today I decided that I have to write a comment since I heavily rely on comments of others myself when choosing a recipe. This cake is every bit as special as all the other comments describe. There is a special texture about it, which is difficult to describe but tastes really really good. I am very calorie and fat content conscious and still cannot believe that something can taste so good, have such proper cake texture and be relatively healthy with the wholemeal flour, yogurt and only 2 eggs! Most of the cake recipes call for way more eggs, melted chocolate, crazy amounts of sugar! This one is getting the chocolaty flavor merely from 50 gr of cocoa powder! I actually used 0% natural yoghurt and it still came out great! My husband still cannot believe that its actually relatively low cal. I used 200 gr of sugar for the icing and that was enough (since we are watching the calories!!) Great great great!

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• Cintia

  12 February 2011

  Cintia rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I made this cake today and it was perfect!!

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• xL

  14 February 2011

  xL rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Easy to make and so moist and deliciously chocolatey. Is now the favourite in our house by a long way .....

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• Loulou

  14 February 2011

  Loulou rated and commented on this recipe

  

  A really fast reliable cake. I had this iced, decorated and we were singing 'Happy Birthday' within 2 hours! Will definitely become one of my standby recipes.

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• furrycharisma

  19 February 2011

  furrycharisma rated and commented on this recipe

  

  As a die hard chocolate lover, I search endlessly for chocoalte cake recipes. This one grabbed my eye as it's made with wholemeal flour. Once I baked the cake, I couldn't understand why. It does nothing but detract from the sweet taste this cake should have. The icing was absolutely superb though, some of the best I've tasted. I added a little canned caramel and some real melted chocolate leftover from the cake mixture and it made it super rich and delightful. Next time I make this though, I'll stick to 'normal' selfraising flour, because the taste of bran in my view, ruined the cake.

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• kimberely

  20 February 2011

  kimberely rated and commented on this recipe

  

  The best chocolate cake I have ever made or tasted! Healthy too as I used wholemeal spelt flour and organic natural greek yogurt with topping of greek yogurt, cocoa powder and some honey - kids loved it - so light and fluffy and soft - but it did take about 15 mins longer to cook to perfection.

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• Mistymoo

  27 February 2011

  Mistymoo rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This cake has a very similar dense texture to Nigella's Guiness Cake. It's quite nice, not too sweet but not really chocolatey. I used normal s.r. flour and doubled the quantity. Worked no problem. What it was excellent for was shaping! Dense texture meant few crumbs. We sliced & diced ours into a rocket for my sons birthday. A normal sponge would not have allowed this. Even icing (used Nigella's Cream cheese frosting) was easy and cake did not crumble when spreading. Pleased with overall result.

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• preevin

  13 March 2011

  preevin commented on this recipe

  I made this cake for my husband's birthday and it was awesome! Thank you very much!

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• studentcook

  24 March 2011

  studentcook rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I made this for friends yesterday and they loved it! Best recipe for icing I have found and very easy to make.

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• preevin

  25 March 2011

  preevin rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Made this for my husbands Bday and it turned out really good. First time ever i baked a cake.

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• Frili Cakes

  26 March 2011

  Frili Cakes rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Made this cake with my daughter Fraya and we both, strangely enough, agreed it was scrumptious! Would recommend this to anyone! Easy, fast, tastes great, there is simply no better cake! EVERYONE, EAT OR YOUR LIVES! I'm sorry, I do not know how to backspace and my daughter will not tell me. I'm sad. But the cake is cheering me up awfully well!

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• Frili Cakes

  26 March 2011

  Frili Cakes commented on this recipe

  Oops it was supposed to be EAT FOR YOUR LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hi, this is Fraya and I rock :)

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• Frili Cakes

  26 March 2011

  Frili Cakes commented on this recipe

  I ROCK!!!!!!!! WOOHOO!!! OH yeah, its ma birfday, oh yeah, its my birfday, its ma birfday! WOOHOO EVERYONE! WOOHOO!!!!!! :):):):):):):):):):):):)

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Ingredients

• 140g butter , plus extra for the tin
• 175g golden caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 225g self-raising wholemeal flour
• 50g cocoa powder
• ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 250g natural yogurt

TO DECORATE

• 300g golden icing sugar , sieved
• 2 tbsp cocoa powder , sieved
• 1 tbsp butter , melted
• 3-4 tbsp boiling water
• 50g each white, plain and milk chocolate , broken into squares

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Difficulty and servings

Serves 12

Preparation and cooking times

Prep 20 mins

Cook 25 mins

Un-iced

Ingredients

• 140g butter , plus extra for the tin
• 175g golden caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 225g self-raising wholemeal flour
• 50g cocoa powder
• ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 250g natural yogurt

TO DECORATE

• 300g golden icing sugar , sieved
• 2 tbsp cocoa powder , sieved
• 1 tbsp butter , melted
• 3-4 tbsp boiling water
• 50g each white, plain and milk chocolate , broken into squares

Per serving

432 kcalories, protein 6g, carbohydrate 65g, fat 18 g, saturated fat 10g, fibre 3g, sugar 51g, salt 0.41 g

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