Too Easy Chocolate Cake

[meganjane]

I always sift in the dry ingredients. I think that ILB's Bimby Cake is better than this one if you want a big cake.

[inthekitchen]

 I liked it   Nothing special, but a good cake for the kids after school.

[Kimmyh]

Great cake made in ring tin as per recipe and it turned out perfect. Served it as a quick dessert smothered in a warm chocolate sauce. Size is not big but served us four (DH, DS5 and DS3) with some leftovers, which i accidentally finished off at lunch the next day! 5/5 for me.

[Halex]

In the oven now, doubled the recipe. Will serve it warm with cream.

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[Jamberie]

I made this one yesterday using White Wings Gluten Free flour (my brother is coeliac), you wouldn't have guessed it was gf! What a great no fuss cake! I also added a tbsp of oillar box red colour to make it a red-velvet style.
We had ours with ice cream yum!

[jtw]

I made this one yesterday using White Wings Gluten Free flour (my brother is coeliac), you wouldn't have guessed it was gf! What a great no fuss cake! I also added a tbsp of oillar box red colour to make it a red-velvet style.
We had ours with ice cream yum!

That sounds awesome!! Just wondering if you used the normal liquid food colouring (from grocery stores) or some special type (like the gels you get from cake speciality shops) to get the rich red colour? I want to try this out soon and not sure if I need to buy a different food colouring to the one I've already got.

[Jamberie]

JTW, I used the supermarket liquid 'Pillarbox Red', just because I had it already in the cupboard and it was fine, not a super rich red, but it was certainly red, other people would know better than me though! There are some real experts here 

[jtw]

thanks Jamberie, will have to give it a go!

[nix]

I made this cake a few times with these variations:
- double the quantity
- only 150gm sugar
- ganache icing

I also forgot to melt the butter last time and it worked just fine. I just mixed it for 1 minute instead of 30 seconds.

[cookie1]

I'm glad it still worked out.

[Cookie Monster]

I'm a newbie, so I followed the recipe exactly, except for using dutch cocoa.  Put in 8" square tin & baked 30 mins @ 180 conventional (no fan).  Worked perfectly.  May not be the tallest cake in the world, but was light & delicious, chocolatey and ridiculously quick to make. Didn't have time to bother with frosting, so a sprinkle of icing sugar, some soft whipped cream and chocolate curls.  Everyone loved it.

[cookie1]

Welcome to the forum Cookie Monster. I love your name. Would you like to go along to the introductions and tell us a little about your thermomix journey, especially on what made you select such a fantastic forum name?