Bruce Bogtrotter Chocolate Cake 🍫🍰
This cake isn't the best presented (it isn't meant to be, it is what it is) but by god, it was ... dare I say it 'moist' (hate that word) & absolutely delicious.
Bruce Bogtrotter, eat your heart out 😋
Recipe I use...
200g Golden Caster Sugar
200g unsalted butter (softened plus some for tins)
4 Large Eggs
200g Self Raising Flour
2 Tbsp Cocoa Powder
1 Tsp Baking Powder
1/2 Tbs Vanilla Extract
2 Tbsp Milk
Buttercream
100g Milk Chocolate (chopped)
200g Butter (Softened)
400g Icing Sugar
5 Tbsp Cocoa Powder
2 Tbsp Milk
Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Butter the base and sides of two 20cm round sandwich tins and line the bases with baking parchment.
In a large bowl, beat together 200g golden caster sugar, 200g softened unsalted butter, 4 large eggs, 200g self-raising flour, 2 tbsp cocoa powder, 1 tsp baking powder, ½ tsp vanilla extract, 2 tbsp milk and a pinch of salt until pale.
Divide the mixture between the prepared tins. Bake for 20 mins or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.
Leave to cool in the tin for 10 mins, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
For the buttercream, put 100g chopped milk chocolate in a heatproof bowl and melt in the microwave, stirring every 30 secs. Leave the melted chocolate to cool for 5 mins.
Mash 200g softened butter and 400g icing sugar together with a fork, then switch to a wooden spoon or electric beaters, if you have them.
Sift in 5 tbsp cocoa powder with a pinch of salt and pour in the melted chocolate and 2 tbsp milk. Mix again until smooth.
On a cake stand or large plate, sandwich the cakes together with half of the buttercream, then spread the rest on top
& Enjoy 🤌🏻
