Easy chocolate cake recipe
Everyone needs an easy chocolate cake recipe in their repertoire as there is almost never a time when a slice of gooey, buttercream-slathered chocolate cake wouldn't be appreciated. An easy chocolate cake is the ultimate temptation, whether it's someone's birthday or not. To make a good one, you want it to be rich and moist – use chocolate with over 50% cocoa content and make sure you watch it as it bakes to ensure it doesn't dry out. When it comes to decorating your easy chocolate cake recipe, the world is your oyster so keep it simple with some chocolate buttercream, try out your piping skills with buttercream roses or cover it in generous dollops of salted caramel or Maltesers for some added flavour.
Once you're ready for a new challenge, try Mary Berry's chocolate fairy cakes, a banana bread recipe or the classic Victoria sponge or our classic vanilla cake recipe.
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