Okay. I have a terribly-kept secret: I LOVE CHOCOLATE
CAKE.
So it is time for another variation on one of my very favourite
things! You know how
Mrs Doyle loves making tea? That’s the
level of my feeling for chocolate cake. "Oh, won't you have a slice? You will! You will!" Which is why I’m posting a SECOND
variation only a few months after the last one!
This cake is a little more grown up than the last iteration –
it is dense and dark and moist and chocolatey and tastes extremely decadent. And
it’s all in one bowl, minimal washing up! I made this cake as I was feeling
inspired during the classic cakes finale of “Great British Bake Off.” I would bake a
chocolate cake all day long for that challenge.
One thing that I wanted to show with this cake is that you
CAN safely melt chocolate in the microwave. Sometimes there is just no time to
melt over some hot water.
First, you break up the chocolate into a bowl:
Then, stick it in the microwave for 30 seconds:
Stir well, the bottom bits will melt quicker than the top, so mix them all up. Stick in the microwave for another 15 seconds:
Now, this is the point where I STOP microwaving. I think this is where a lot of people go wrong and burn their chocolate.
This is plenty melted enough, just keep stirring it. And pretty soon you will have this:
Don't stop, keep stirring!
I have fallen into a rut with my cake-decorating and that’s
what I’ll be working on over the next few months, but for now, bask in the
glory of chocolatey chocolate icing slathered dripping down the sides of your
cake, and sprinkled with chocolate sprinkles for additional deliciousness.
