Chocolate Cake Recipe

Welcome to the Chocolate Cake Recipe page. This one is filling up with various chocolate cake recipes that I have collected over the years plus one of two I have modified and successfully baked to perfection myself. Of course I've tried and tested all the recipes below myself and as a total chocoholic, I can only say it gave me so much enjoyment, I tried every single chocolate cake recipe at least twice!

Chocolate Cake Recipe #1

Chocolate Banana Cake

This is my stock chocolate cake recipe - the one I tend to make more of than anything else, so it gets to sit at the top of the pile. It is technically a chocolate and banana cake with a whole lot of other stuff thrown in as well, which makes it a very moist and extremely tasty cake.

This makes one 23cm (9inch) cake.

Ingredients:

Note: The wholemeal flour can be substituted with plain flour if you prefer, although wholemeal flour gives the chocolate cake in this recipe a definite edge when it comes to flavour and texture, plus its healthier!

Method:

Preheat your oven to 180°C (350°F), Gas Mark 4.

Place the sugar, butter (pre-softened) and eggs in a large bowl and mix together (or use a food processor with the metal chopping blade and whizz until smooth). Stir in the flour, cocoa powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt. Chop up the bananas and add them to the mix. Then stir in the raisins and roughly chopped walnuts. Either mix thoroghly by hand (hard work) or blend in the food processor (easy!).

Pour the mix into a well greased 23cm (9in) round cake tin (or silicon cake mould).

Bake for about 40 minutes. To test the chocolate cake is done, insert a metal skewer or sharp knife into the centre of the chocolate cake - it should come out dry if fully baked. Transfer the chocolate cake to a wire rack to cool.

For the topping, melt a 125g bar of cooking chocolate in a plate over a pan of hot water when the chocolate cake is cool, then spread thickly over the top and allow to cool to a hard, crisp shell before digging your knife into the cake and seeing how much you can stuff into your mouth at once without gagging (only joking!).

Then lick out the remains of the bowl of chocolate to the tune of James Brown's "I Feel Good."

Chocolate Cake Recipe #2

Chocolate Date Cake

This chocolate cake can be made without the sugar for a more healthy cake as the dates contain enough sweetness to make this a delicious alternative chocolate cake recipe. If, however you have a very sweet tooth, by all means add the sugar!

This makes one 25cm (10in) square cake.

Ingredients:

Method:

Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F), Gas Mark 4.

To start with, and the baking powder and allow to stand.

Melt the butter and pour it over the sugar. Beat the eggs and add to the sugar mixture. Mix in the flour, salt and 1 cocoa powder to the mixture.

Pour off the water from the dates and set aside for liquid. Beat the dates into a pulp then add to the cake mixture.

Pour the chocolate date cake mixture into a well greased 25cm (10in) square cake tin or oven-proof silicon cake mould.

Chop the walnuts and sprinkle over the top of the mixture. Chop up the chocolate bar and put on top of walnuts. Sprinkle a little freshly grated nutmeg over the top and bake for 35-40 mins. Check by inserting a skewer or sharp knife (or even a toothpick) - if it comes out clean, its done.

Leave to cool in the pan, then carefully knock out onto a square cake stand.

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