Rachel Allen's Best ever Chocolate Cake

As I said, I have been trying to make use of Oven lately. I also started trying out cake and I am going crazy. Everytime I see some chocolate cake recipe in TV show or through surfing net.. I used to try the recipe and taste would be good but something would be wrong/missing. It would either crumble or bit sticky in your mouth...(No its not about measurements). Hmmm... So I saw this recipe done by Rachel Allen on a TV show and I started trying out. She also gave very good tips and tricks that makes a perfect chocolate cake. Try it and you will never get enough of it (Cake was gone in day :))











Dark Chocolate - 125gm

Plain Flour - 200gm

Milk - 2Tbsp

Butter - 150gm

Castor Sugar - 150gm


Eggs - 3

BakingPowder - 1tsp

Baking Soda - 1\4tsp

Cocoa Powder - 1Tbsp




Butter - 75gm

Cream -1Tbp

Cocoa - 1Tbsp

Icing Sugar - 175gm

Vanilla extract - 1tsp




In a bowl mix the milk and chocolate and allow it to sit on top of the saucepan of simmering water. Heat until the chocolate is melted.
Beat the butter until very soft then add the caster sugar and continue
to beat until the mixture is light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at
a time, then fold in the melted chocolate (do make sure the eggs and butter are at room temp otherwise it may curdle).
Sift in the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and the bicarbonate of soda, and fold in gently to mix (Be sure you fold in the dry ingredients. DO NOT stir).
Pop in oven which is at 180°C (350°F) and bake for 25mins.
Remove the cake and allow to cool.
For butter icing, beat the butter, cream and vanilla until it is soft. Sift in the icing sugar, cocoa powder and beat continously.
Once it becomes light and fluffy, divide the cake and sandwitch with butter icing.
Dust chocolate powder on top of the cake.