I hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend - What did you all get up to? I'd love to know. We spent a couple of nights over in Leeds (non-swimming related) at one of my sisters. The whole family went over so it was a true family getogether. We walked, we played games, the children played (& fought a bit) and of course, we ate! One of my offerings was this Simple Chocolate Drip Cake - I knew that I wouldn't have much time to prepare it on Saturday as I was meeting some lovely friends that I haven't caught up with in such a long time. This is the best chocolate cake recipe when you haven't got time to mess around but want a moist, delicious cake that can be decorated quickly.
This may not be the neatest Drip cake you will ever see but it took less than ½ hour to decorate from the cake still being in the tin. It smelt amazing too - I can vouch for that as I travelled for 1.5 hours with it on my knee!
The recipe I have used for the ganache chocolate drip is from a previous Drip Cake that I made. Super simple with only 2 ingredients.
Simple Chocolate Cake
Print recipe
| Serves | 8+ |
| Prep time | 15 minutes |
| Cook time | 45 minutes |
| Total time | 1 hour |
| Meal type | Dessert, Snack |
| Misc | Child Friendly, Freezable, Serve Cold |
| Occasion | Birthday Party, Casual Party, Easter |
Ingredients
- 300g Dark Brown Sugar
- 300g Softened Butter
- 4 Medium Eggs
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
- 300g Self Raising Flour
- 2 tablespoons Cocoa Powder
- 100ml Milk
Note
For an extra rich cake, you can add 100g of dark melted chocolate - just stir through after adding the eggs
Directions
| 1. | |
| Preheat the oven to 165C and line 2 x 7" cake tins with baking parchment | |
| 2. | |
| Using an electric whisk, beat together the butter and sugar until fully combined | |
| 3. | |
| Keep whisking on a medium speed and add the eggs, one at a time | |
| 4. | |
| Clean down the sides of the bowl with a spatula regularly to make sure the mixture is fully combined. | |
| 5. | |
| Reduce the mixer speed to slow and add the flour, cocoa and milk alternately until all just added | |
| 6. | |
| Fold through until all ingredients combined then add to the cake tins | |
| 7. | |
| Bake for 45 minutes (or until a skewer comes out clear) | |
Unsurprisingly, we had quite a few chocolate entries into our last #BakeoftheWeek. Great to see some non-chocolate and savoury entries too though. Many thanks as usual to Jenny for doing a super job co-hosting.
My featured bake from the last 2 weeks are these magnificent Potato Rosti & Quail's Eggs Easter Nests from Foodie Quine - So creative and just what I need after a weekend of complete chocolate overload.
Chocolate Bakes:
- Kinder Egg Brownies from Baking with Granny
- Chocolate Marble CheeseCake from Jo's Kitchen Larder
- Mini Egg & Marshmallow Crispy Cakes from Mummy Mishaps
- Raspberry & White Chocolate Meringue Kisses from Only Crumbs Remain
5. Perfect for Spring, Pistachio & Lemon Cake from Recipes Made Easy
6. Super Cute Easter Bunny Butt Cupcakes from Only Crumbs Remain
7. Coconut Macaroons from Searching for Spice (Sorry these should technically be in the chocolate section!)
8. Salmon Filo En-Croute from Foodie Quine
9. Rhubarb Streusel Manuka Honey Muffins from Foodie Quine
The link is now open for your new #BakeoftheWeek entries. Up to 3 entries per blog as usual. The badge to add to your post is below. If you could please link to me (https://casacostello.com) and Jenny (http://mummymishaps.co.uk) that would be brilliant. Thank you!
Still catching up on all the entries from over Easter but every single entry will get: a comment, pinned, tweeted, Stumble Upon(ed), Yummly(ed) and linked to in our following week's RoundUp.
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Wow I can't believe it only took an hour total because it really looks far more complicated. I bet it tastes delicious x
Love your drip cake Helen! It looks the bee's knees as they say 🙂 with the Wow! factor! Great round up of recipes, so pleased to have my cheesecake amongst them! Thank you! x
This is such a beautiful cake and I really like the incorporation of Easter candies on top. It's hard to believe that it took you so little time to decorate this cake!
Wow this looks incredible - it's looks difficult to make but it's not! I will have to try to create this for my birthday!
such a lovely cake, I need to try and make it one day it looks delicious
Oh wow that chocolate drip cake looks amazing! I bet it tastes amazing! x
This cake looks delicious! I bet it tastes amazing too 🙂
Oh my gosh! Look at the chocolate cake - my idea of heaven! xxx
Your cake looks delicious and very well decorated! I can't believe it only took so little time to make it! For Easter I've been to Belgium and I did enjoy a lot of chocolate Easter eggs there 🙂
Your cake looks amazing Helen. Chocolate drips really are the best 🙂
This chocolate drip cake looks and sounds yummy. I would love to try it.
Oh my goodness that looks amazing!
I'm totally trying to tell myself that I wouldn't like this right now because I'm really hungry and know I could demolish it in one sitting 😉 I haven't baked a cake in ages so I may have to give making this a go!
Louise x
I am LOVING the addition of creme eggs on top with the mini eggs!! I find it all so nourish! You created a great bake here!! Wish I lived with you haha!
delicious cake Helen - just the type I enjoy making and eating!
I didn't realise you had started a new bake of the week so my offering is a bit late! x
just started my diet today, this cake does not help oh my xo