Prep time:
Cooking time: 40 minutes
Total time:
Serves: 20
220g Dark Chocolate
220g Unsalted Butter
2tbsp Instant Coffee Granules
160ml Water
125g Plain Flour
125g Self Raising Flour
40g Cocoa Powder
½tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
480g Caster Sugar
A Pinch of Salt
4 Large Eggs
2.5tbsp Vegetable Oil
110ml Buttermilk
I learned this recipe many years ago from my first cake teacher. The mixture is more like a liquid batter that needs to be poured into your cake pans. Trust me, this mix rises beautifully and the cake keeps really well... if you can bear to keep it!
You will need: 2 x 20-cm sandwich tins, lined and greased
- words: Charlotte White
- pictures: Clare Winfield
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