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– Chocolate Cake –

This chocolate cake AKA Mrs Gamieldien’s Chocolate cake is simply amazing….. A few months ago my husband started raving about a lady at his work who was bringing in a chocolate cake that was to die for.  So being the wonderful wife that I am I told him to ask her for the recipe and said I’d give it a whirl (I didn’t think anyone who made such a good cake would be willing to share it!), much to my surprize a couple of days later I received an e-mail with the recipe! Thankyou Mrs Gamieldien! Your chocolate cake has been an absolute winner!!! Its moist, chocolaty and delicious and will be a family favourite for years to come.

Serves:

1 cake

Preparation Time:

30 minutes

Cooking Time:

1 hour and 40 minutes

Time to Table:

3 hours

Number of Ingredients:

10

Equipment:

Large round cake tin

Baking paper

Mixer

Ingredients:

2 cups plain flour

2 cups castor sugar

3/4 cup cocoa

2 teaspoons baking soda

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup buttermilk

1 cup extra virgin olive oil

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

NOTES:

• You will also need butter for greasing your cake tin, baking paper to line it and 1 cup of boiling water.
• This recipe does not include ingredients for the icing and decoration.

Preparation:

• Preheat the oven to 145C on normal baking DO NOT USE FAN FORCED .
• Grab out all your ingredients and measure out your quantities.
• Have the kettle ready with water to boil when required.
• Bring out your mixer.

Method:

1. Add the flour.

2. Throw in the sugar.

3. Chuck in the cocoa.

4. Add the salt.

5. Drop in the baking soda.

6. Add the oil.

7. Pour in the buttermilk.

8. Crack in the eggs.

9. Splash in the vanilla extract.

10. Now its time to let your mixer do all the work! Set it to mix on a low speed until combined.

11.  When its mixed you’re going to have a lovely thick chocolate batter that slowly drips off your beater.

12. Next turn on your kettle to boil your water. While this is happening garb out your cake tin and grease it with a dollop of butter.

13. Cover the base with some baking paper.

14. By now your water will have boiled so measure out 1 cup and add it to the mixture (Don’t freak out!!!! It looks as though you’ve ruined the mix but I promise you haven’t). Start mixing it immediately on a low speed until combined.

15. This time your batters going to be really runny.

16. Transfer the mixture straight into your prepared tin and wack it in the oven to bake for 1 hour and 40 minutes. I would advise that you use this time to put your feet up and watch a DVD, if anyone asks what you’re doing tell them your baking a chocolate cake!

17. When the time is up pull out your cake and test it by inserting a skewer into the centre and checking it comes out clean. You then need to leave the cake in the tin for 30 minutes to rest (DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP!!!!).

18. After 30 minutes remove the cake from the tin and give yourself a pat on the back. Make sure you wait until the cake has cooled completely before you ice it 🙂

Hints and Tips:

• Decorate your cake with your favourite chocolate icing or ganache.

Categories: Any Season, Baking, Chocolate, Desserts, Oven - Cake, Time to Table: 3 Hours

Tags: baking soda, buttermilk, castor sugar, chocolate cake, cocoa, eggs, flour, olive oil, salt, vanilla extract