Chocolate birthday cake

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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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• Ian

  04 December 2009

  Ian commented on this recipe

  Not that experienced in cake baking but made two of these for my twin boys 3rd birthday and it went down a treat. Very easy to make and very tasty!!

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• Tracimac

  11 December 2009

  Tracimac rated and commented on this recipe

  

  it was yummy - we decorated it with lots of chocolate sweets and marshmallows. i also made it for my sisters birth day

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• austinali66

  16 December 2009

  austinali66 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This is a great recipe and makes a really moist cake. I couldnt find wholemeal self-raising, I know Allinsons do it but its not very widely stocked. I covered with fondant and did my own decoration for sons 4th birthday.

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• Sarah_clk

  18 December 2009

  Sarah_clk rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I made this cake for a 30th birthday and it was really easy and quick to do. I used plain self raising flour and caster sugar as thats all I had in but it was still really light and moist. I just used a swiss roll tin for baking and it worked out perfect. I also cut it in to 24 smaller slices as it was to go with a mimi buffet. Will make this again...(oh and 1/4 tsp baking soda was fine)

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• loinlointresloin

  15 January 2010

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  28 January 2010

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• JWeller

  16 February 2010

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• MrsJRoberts

  11 March 2010

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• Belkey

  09 April 2010

  Belkey rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I agree with the minority - this cake was very stodgy and not a great texture. I won't be making it again.

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• CF

  10 April 2010

  CF rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This cake was a total disaster! I don't know what I did wrong, but it completely collapsed in the middle and I had to go out and buy a birthday cake instead. It was moist as others have said, but the wholemeal flour gave a very "healthy" texture which wasn't really what I'd like from a chocolate cake (I think it should have been labeled as a "healthy alternative" or something similar). The comments weren't available when I made the cake, but I made it based on the 5 star rating. Looking through the comments now, there are quite a few negative ones (though they're in the minority) that haven't been given a star rating, which is a pity because it means the recipe rating is biased high.

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• Jaclyn

  26 April 2010

  Jaclyn rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Nice and easy and looks great

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• emma

  14 May 2010

  emma commented on this recipe

  i made this with a melted white chocolate topping after reading some of the comments. i didnt like the cake at all with the s/r wholemeal flour it made the cake too bitty and i kept picking the bran out of my teeth (not what i was looking for in a scrummy choc cake)

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• indrielangel

  04 June 2010

  indrielangel rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Hmmm.... Well, my sons cottoned on to the wholemeal flour straight away, and both said they didn't like it very much. It isn't a 'luscious' chocolate cake at all. I like wholemeal bread, and so do my boys, but I'm not convinced that wholemeal flour is the best for this cake. However, it is very moist, and it got better the next day. The topping is very sweet. I'd make it again but with white flour and a dark chocolate ganache topping, which wouldn't be so sweet.

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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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