Chocolate birthday cake

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• Mary

  21 October 2008

  Mary commented on this recipe

  sounds good. will try. a note on an earlier comment about using gkuten free flour - its not good for cakes, because gluten helps build the shape of any and every cake! I'm sure it'll work better if u include the gluten =)

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• Moosie Moo

  25 October 2008

  Moosie Moo rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I made this for my son's 10th birthday & it went down really well. I bought, out of habit, Greek 0% fat Natural yogurt & thought the raw cake mixture was a bit thick & stiff but it turned out fine. The cake was soft & moist. I'll use normal natural yogurt next time to see if it makes a difference. I would probably only make 2/3rds of the icing for the top next time but the kids loved it & said it needed more icing. I decorated with Smarties, but it needed more, according to my son. I found a lasagne tin in Tesco which was 21 x 28 cms (£1.75 - bargin) & it was the perfect size.

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• MLee

  31 October 2008

  MLee commented on this recipe

  Tried to make it yesterday for a small tea party. The cake turns out so moist and tasty and gone in an eye blink. I used half of the recommended icing, both the kids and the adults love it. Will become our family favourite.

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• MLee

  31 October 2008

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• Helen

  04 November 2008

  Helen rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Fantastic! I used fat free yoghurt (trying to kid myself that it will make it healthier!) and half the amount of icing as people have suggested and it turned out fab. I took it to work for a meeting and had so many requests for the recipe.

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• Izzylivy

  30 November 2008

  Izzylivy rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Made this for my daughter's 5th birthday party. I did cholcolate butter icing instead with chocolate buttons & sprinkles scattered on top. When I served it, 12 kids & 8 adults were reduced to total silence!! All you could hear was "Mmmm". Winner!

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• naughtymummy

  04 December 2008

  naughtymummy commented on this recipe

  i want to make this cake for my son,s birthday . i have a brownies tin which is 24x24. can anyone please tell me if that will be ok for this cake thank you.

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• Melanie

  05 December 2008

  Melanie commented on this recipe

  I'm sure it would be fine in a 24x24 tin. I have made this recipe in several different sized tins, including 2 separate loaf tins, as muffins in a muffin tray and as small cupcakes in paper cases, and it always turns out great.

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• naughtymummy

  06 December 2008

  naughtymummy rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Thanks Melanie.I did try this recipe.Turned out really well .Very nice combination of sweet icing and not so sweet cake.Will make it again.

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• Attiya

  06 January 2009

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• weena

  11 January 2009

  weena commented on this recipe

  I'd like to make this for my daughter's birthday in two weeks time. Can i ask a silly question though. I don't have a rectangle baking tin but I do have to baking trays for cookies....would it be possible to use one of these baking trays? would it rise over the tray an go all out of shape? it does say baking tin/tray on recipe.

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• Lesley

  17 January 2009

  Lesley rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Brilliant cake - made for my son's 9th birthday and iced with buttercream and a bought 'topper'. Went down a treat wih all concerned including adults.

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• Ruby

  17 January 2009

  Ruby commented on this recipe

  As my husband said "I'm cross because this is the first chocolate cake I've ever made that was not good". I made double quantities due to the recommendations of the reviews, but was sadly disappointed. The cake was not sweet enough to bring out the flavour of the chocolate, the texture was moist, but not in the way one wishes a good chocolate cake to be, and my children asked me to make my usual one next time, PLEASE.

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• Ruby

  17 January 2009

  Ruby rated and commented on this recipe

  

  As my husband said "I'm cross because this is the first chocolate cake I've ever made that was not good". I made double quantities due to the recommendations of the reviews, but was sadly disappointed. The cake was not sweet enough to bring out the flavour of the chocolate, the texture was moist, but not in the way one wishes a good chocolate cake to be, and my children asked me to make my usual one next time, PLEASE.

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• Jenny

  19 January 2009

  Jenny commented on this recipe

  Used white self raising flour and it was fine, very easy to make and tastes delicious. The topping is very sweet, I reduced by a third and still had plenty!

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• somesaycocoa

  26 January 2009

  somesaycocoa commented on this recipe

  I was disappointed with this cake ... however had I been expecting chocolate brown bread then it would have been fine. That is exactly how my cake turned out so all I needed was some chocolate soup to dip it in ;-)

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• detrikova

  28 January 2009

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• Cakes

  30 January 2009

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• pc-l

  01 February 2009

  pc-l commented on this recipe

  Hi Several people have mentioned topping this cake with melted chocolate rather than the icing sugar. Its my sons 2nd bday next week and I am going to attempt to make the cake and fancy making it and using the melted chocolate option to decorate. Please can somebody talk me through what I would need to do? Thanks

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• Lesley

  07 February 2009

  Lesley commented on this recipe

  Made this for my daughter's birthday yesterday - didn't like the wholemeal flour at all - cake tasted like wheaten bread! Will try again with white self raising flour.

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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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