Chocolate Sponge Cake
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Plus cooling time
- Easy
- Serves 12
Ingredients
For the cake
- 225g (8oz) butter/margarine
- 225g (8oz) caster sugar
- 4 medium eggs
- 175g (6oz) self-raising flour
- 50g (2oz) cocoa powder
For the butter-icing filling
- 225g (8oz) butter/margarine
- 225g (8oz) caster sugar
- 4 medium eggs
- 175g (6oz) self-raising flour
- 50g (2oz) cocoa powder
- 75g (3oz) butter
- 175g (6oz) icing sugar, plus extra to dust
- 45g (3tbsp) cocoa powder
- About 10ml milk/water
Method
- STEP 1Preheat oven to 180C/350F/Gas mark 4. Grease and line two 20cm (8in) sandwich tins.
- STEP 2Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the eggs and, if it starts to curdle, add a little sugar. Fold in the remaining flour and the cocoa powder with a metal spoon.
- STEP 3Divide the mixture between the two tins and bake for approx. 25 minutes until golden brown and firm to the touch. Remove from oven and leave to cool before turning out onto a cooling rack.
- STEP 4To make the butter icing, place the butter in a bowl and beat until soft. Gradually sift and beat in the icing sugar and then add enough milk / water to make the icing fluffy and spreadable. Sift and beat the cocoa powder in to the icing and use it to sandwich the two sponges together. Dust the top of the cake lightly with the sieved icing sugar.
