Simple Moist Chocolate Cake
Such a simple chocolate cake that is deep in flavour and unbelievably moist too. It's the perfect celebration cake. Recipe by Georgina Hayden.
Servings: 10 servings
Ingredients
- 250 g plain flour
- 375 g caster sugar
- 70 g cocoa
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1.5 tsp bicarbonate baking of soda
- 1/2 tsp fine sea salt
- 125 ml flavourless oil vegetable, groundnut, sunflower
- 125 ml milk
- 125 g natural yoghurt unflavoured
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 tbsp vanilla extract
- 50 ml strong hot coffee can be made using instant or fresh
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180c/ 350f/ gas mark 4.
- Grease + line 2 x 9" loose bottomed cake tins or 1 x deep 9" springform cake tin.
- In a large mixing bowl whisk together the flour, the caster sugar, cocoa, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and sea salt.
- In a large measuring jug whisk together the oil, milk, yoghurt, eggs and vanilla.
- Pour the wet mixture into the dry ingredients and mix together. Fold in the hot coffee and divide between the tins/ or pour into one tin.
- If baking 2 cakes, bake for around 25 minutes. If baking 1 large cake bake for around 35 minutes. Check the sponge with a skewer or toothpick to make sure it is cooked all the way through. Leave to cool in the tins for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Then decorate however you like.
Notes
If using 1 x deep 9" springform tin, the cake will dip ever so slightly in the middle. This makes a perfect dip to fill with whipped cream and berries.