Super Easy Chocolate Cake - yes another one!!!!!

[johnro]

Had some buttermilk which required using so dug out a recipe I have had for ages - from Super Food Ideas (I had cut the recipe out so the date is not on the page!). Super Easy Chocolate Cake

            170g plain flour - can use SR flour but omit bicarb
            1 teasp bicarb soda
            1/3 cup cocoa
            180g castor sugar
            250ml buttermilk
            2 eggs
            125g butter - melted and cooled
            1 teasp vanilla essence

Set oven 180^oC.  Grease a deep round cake tin, lining base with paper. The tin I used was 20 cm x 6 cm.
If needed, pulverise sugar 15 -20 secs - speed 9.  Set aside.
Add butter to TMX - melt 60 degs - 3 - 4 mins.  - (butter is supposed to cool according to the original recipe but who has that time!!!)
Add all other ingredients to bowl, whiz unitl thick and creamy - 2 min- speed 7.
Bake 35 - 40 mins or until cooked when skewer tested..
Ice when completely cool.
This was iced with butter icing - 100g softened butter, 300g icing sugar, I tabsp cocoa + 2 tabsp milk - whiz 3 mins - speed 6.

            

            

members' comments

Hally - Its really, really delish. I used SR flour and I doubled the recipe.


Amanda - I made this cake, but had a little tweak here and there.
Used SR flour (couldn't find the baking soda, I think it ran off with the coconut)
Was a little surprised at the large amount of sugar, so cut it down to 150 gm
My eggs were large - weighed 100gm together, so cut down on the buttermilk too and only used 150gm.
Also reduced mixing speed and time to 30 seconds at speed 7.
Cake is wonderful - rich and moist and rose very well!

Sparkle - I made this awesome sounding cake, but don't know what went wrong. After being out of oven for a few minutes it completely deflated. Any ideas why???

Food For Thought - There are probably a couple of possibilities as to why.
1. Cakes hate to be over beaten.  Given the speed of the TM I would suggest that 3 mins on Sp 8 is quite a long time.  I think I'd halve that.
2. I would use SR flour, as the plain flour, butter milk and sugar are all heavy ingredients and 1 tsp of baking powder is possibly not enough.
3. The oven temperature wasn't on the right temp or there was a fluctuation of some kind.
I tend to think the last one is a bit of an excuse
Not sure if that helps but hope it does.

Sparkle - Thanks for getting back to me.  I tend to think maybe the first one. I only mixed it for one minute on speed 7 but it had lots of air bubbles which I forgot to tap out before placing in the oven. I also think I might have undercooked it 😏. I'll give it another go using your suggestion of SR flour.
Thanks again.

[Cornish Cream]

Truly lovely looking cake Robyn.Would a 23cm cake tin be big enough?

[johnro]

CC the tin I used was 20 cm x 6 cm, pic must be deceptive!!!   

[Cornish Cream]

Thanks Robyn.

[demak]

I will be making this on the weekend - can't wait   .  I haven't had much luck with cakes in the TM.  Pastry is a dream though, so don't know what I do wrong when it comes to cakes.  Will let you know how it turned out.

[Chelsea (Thermie Groupie)]

I think a common problem with TM cakes is overmixing. We can certainly recommend some yummy cakes if you need any suggestions. 

[Halex]

Made this today to say Happy Birthday to Judy.
Judy will post a photo. Its really really delish.
H

[Amanda]

I have just made this cake, but had a little tweak here and there.

Used SR flout (couldn't find the baking soda, I think it ran off with the coconut)
Was a little surprised at the large amount of sugar, so cut it down to 150 gm
My eggs were large - weighed 100gm together, so cut down on the buttermilk too and only used 150gm.
Cake is wonderful - rich and moist and rose very well!

[Amanda]

Oh, forgot - also reduced mixing speed and time to 30 seconds at speed 7.

[Halex]

Yes I used sr flour too as didnt have any regular plain flour and I doubled the recipe.

Did you take a photo?

H

[judydawn]

Here's Hally's cake - unfortunately I didn't get a piece even though it was for my birthday

[johnro]

Glad you enjoyed the cake Amanda and Hally - thanks you the tweaks Amanda.  I was unsure about letting the beating continue however because the original recipe stated the mixture needed to be thick and creamy (beating time of 4 mins on a high speed mixer!!!!!), hence the 3 mins but great to know that this time can be successfully reduced Amanda!!!!   

[Amanda]

I've got some left so will take a pic and try to work out how to get it on here.

[Sparkle]

Hi, I have been lurking for a little while now, had Thermie since November. I made this awesome sounding cake, but don't know what went wrong. After being out of oven for a few minutes it completely deflated  Any ideas why???

[Food 4 Thought]

Hi Sparkle

There are probably a couple of possibilities as to why.
1. Cakes hate to be over beaten.  Given the speed of the TM I would suggest that 3 mins on Sp 8 is quite a long time.  I think I'd halve that.
2. I would use SR flour, as the plain flour, butter milk and sugar are all heavy ingredients and 1 tsp of baking powder is possibly not enough.
3. The oven temperature wasn't on the right temp or there was a fluctuation of some kind.
I tend to think the last one is a bit of an excuse
Not sure if that helps but hope it does.

Cheers

Fiona