Chocolate birthday cake

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1. Video tutorial: Melting chocolate

1. Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Butter and line the base of a 18 x 28cm cake tin or tray. Put the butter and sugar into a bowl; beat together with electric hand beaters until light and fluffy. add the eggs a little at a time, beating well between each addition.
2. Sieve the flour, cocoa and bicarbonate of soda into the bowl, then tip in any bran left in the sieve. Pour in the natural yogurt. Stir everything to a smooth mixture and spoon into the prepared tin. Bake for 20-25 mins until just firm and shrinking away from the sides of the tin. Cool in the tin for 5 mins, then turn onto a wire rack to cool completely.
3. For the icing, sieve the icing sugar and cocoa into a bowl, then pour in the butter and 2 tbsp just-boiled water. Stir together to a smooth, spreadable consistency. if it's too stiff, very carefully add a little more boiling water, drop by drop.
4. Spread the icing over the top of the cake, using a palette knife dipped in hot water. Will keep in an airtight container for up to 1 week.
5. Melt the chocolates in three different bowls in the microwave on High for 1 min or over a pan of simmering water. Spoon the melted chocolates into three plastic disposable piping bags. Snip the ends off and pipe 12 simple shapes on top of the cake. Leave to set. Just before serving, cut the cake into 12 squares and push in the candles.

Per serving

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

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• meridian

  30 July 2009

  meridian rated and commented on this recipe

  

  i made this cake for my daughter in laws birthday , it was very yummy!!!

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• supermalik786

  14 August 2009

  supermalik786 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  me and my sis mde 4 mah mum b-day as a surprise no1 believe we md it cos we were young i was 11

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• Nessa

  29 August 2009

  Nessa rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This is a fab recipe for inexperienced cake makers like myself, my first thought swere that it was so moist it would last for ages... it didn't because we eat it in one day, it was so good.

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• Stripyem

  25 September 2009

  Stripyem commented on this recipe

  I made this cake and it was a disaster! It didn't rise much at all and now I've had to make an another cake as its not suitable. Tastes quite nice though.

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• KEO

  14 October 2009

  KEO rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I made this cake for my sons birthday. It is fantastic, easy and delicious. I added chunks of chocolate to the cake mixture and white chocolate icing to write on the cake. Coloured candles, sprinkles and Maltesers to decorate made this cake a winner! I have also made the cake with half brown and the rest white self raising flour. Yum Yum

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• Claire

  18 October 2009

  Claire rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Easy cake to make. I will definatley be making it again.

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• poffigirl

  09 November 2009

  poffigirl rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I made this cake for my daughters 3rd birthday party, the first chocolate cake I'd ever made. I have a history of mishaps with baking, I first made the cake with plain flour (I put that one in the party bags). However, I pulled myself together and made another with self raising flour and OMG it was gorgeous!! I don't have a rectangle cake tin so did it in a round deep cake tin but it turned out briliantly, although it did need 45mins in the oven. The yogurt really does make it nice and moist. I also used white flour instead of wholemeal. Instead of the recipies icing suggestion, I melted together 1/2 a big bar of dairy milk with the same weight of butter and added 3 times the amount of icing sugar. I then decorated the cake with smarties and white chocolate buttons - lovely!. I can't wait to make this cake again!!

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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, salt 0.41 g

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