A very big thank you to the gorgeous Meredith who gave me this recipe. This Rich Moist Chocolate Cake Recipe is easy to make and tastes divine. It is not the sort of cake that I would make for school lunch boxes, but it is perfect for a fancy afternoon tea or dessert at a dinner party. We had it for a fancy afternoon tea with my family!
Rich Moist Chocolate Cake Recipe
Ingredients:
- 250 grams butter
- 1tbsp dry coffee with 1 cup hot water
- 1/4 cup cocoa mixed with 1/2 cup hot water
- 200 grams dark good quality cooking chocolate (I didn’t have any so used the block of dairy milk chocolate that we had and it turned out fine!).
- 2 cups caster sugar.
- 1 1/2 cups self raising flour.
- 2 eggs.
- 2 tsps vanilla essence.
Optional: Strawberries and cream to serve.
Method:
- Preheat oven to 150 degrees Celcius.
- In a large mug mix coffee and 1 cup of boiling water and set aside.
- In another mug mix cocoa and 1/2 cup of boiling water and set aside.
- Measure out all sugar and flour and have ready.
- Chop butter into cubes and melt butter in the microwave for about a minute on high (could be more depending on your microwave).
- Break up chocolate and melt in microwave for 1 min, stir and melt for 15 seconds bursts after that until the chocolate is melted.
- Add butter and melted chocolate to a large bowl add sugar.
- Pour in coffee and cocoa and mix with a spoon until well combined.
- Add flour and beat for about a minute.
- Add both eggs and vanilla, then beat for another minute or so.
- The mixture will be very runny! Pour into a well lined 25cm round springform.
- Bake for 1 hour 15 minutes.
- Allow to stand for 10 minutes before moving to a cooling rack.
- Serve with strawberries and whipped cream!
- 250 grams butter
- 1tbsp dry coffee with 1 cup hot water
- ¼ cup cocoa mixed with ½ cup hot water
- 200 grams dark good quality cooking chocolate
- 2 cups caster sugar
- 1½ cups self raising flour
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsps vanilla essence
- Optional: Strawberries and cream to serve.
- Preheat oven to 150 degrees Celsius.
- In a large mug mix coffee and 1 cup of boiling water and set aside.
- In another mug mix cocoa and ½ cup of boiling water and set aside.
- Measure out all sugar and flour and have ready.
- Chop butter into cubes and melt butter in the microwave for about a minute on high (could be more depending on your microwave).
- Break up chocolate and melt in microwave for 1 min, stir and melt for 15 seconds bursts after that until the chocolate is melted.
- Add butter and melted chocolate to a large bowl, add sugar.
- Pour in coffee and cocoa and mix with a spoon until well combined.
- Add flour and beat for about a minute.
- Add both eggs and vanilla, then beat for another minute or so.
- The mixture will be very runny! Pour into a well lined 25cm round springform.
- Bake for 1 hour 15 minutes.
- Allow to stand for 10 minutes before moving to a cooling rack.
- Serve with strawberries and whipped cream!
The Family Menu Plan For This Week
Baking: Rich Moist Chocolate Cake
Monday: Pumpkin Soup (Still using up the pumpkins my parents brought us when they visited!)
Tuesday: Left Overs
Wednesday: Slow Cooker Beef Roast – going to give this a try for the first time.
Thursday: Roast Vegetable Lasagne
Friday: Baked Penne With Bacon
Saturday: Tacos
Sunday: Junior Football Presentation Afternoon – can you believe they put this on Father’s Day!
If you are looking for further recipe inspiration, check out my complete list of Family Friendly Recipes. All of these recipes are in the database of the Planning With Kids Free Menu Planner. You can use the menu planner to plan a week of meals for your family and then print out the associated shopping list.