Ingredients:

340g plain flour
280g caster sugar
4 tbsp cocoa
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
6 large eggs
300ml milk
300ml light olive oil
3 tbsp golden syrup
Chocolate & coffee icing
340g icing sugar sieved
2 tbsp cocoa sieved
160g butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tsp instant coffee mixed with boiling water
1 tbsp milk
Chocolate glaze topping
230g dark plain chocolate
2 tbsp golden syrup
110g butter

Preheat oven to 180°C.

Sieve all the dry ingredients into an electric mixer, add the remaining wet ingredients and using the paddle beat together, when well amalgamated pour into a lined 25cm cake tin. Bake in the middle of the oven for 50-60 minutes. Check the cake is cooked with a knife, which should be clean when pulled out.

Cool the cake on a cake rack and when cold cut the cake horizontally into two.

Beat all the chocolate & coffee icing ingredients together in the mixer until combined. Spread the filling over the base cake and sandwich with the top layer.

Melt all the topping ingredients together and spoon over the top of the cake.

This makes a large cake for 16 people. The recipe can be halved easily. Delicious and moist, it can also be served as a gateau.

Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

340g plain flour
280g caster sugar
4 tbsp cocoa
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
6 large eggs
300ml milk
300ml light olive oil
3 tbsp golden syrup
Chocolate & coffee icing
340g icing sugar sieved
2 tbsp cocoa sieved
160g butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tsp instant coffee mixed with boiling water
1 tbsp milk
Chocolate glaze topping
230g dark plain chocolate
2 tbsp golden syrup
110g butter

Instructions

Preheat oven to 180°C.
Sieve all the dry ingredients into an electric mixer, add the remaining wet ingredients and using the paddle beat together, when well amalgamated pour into a lined 25cm cake tin. Bake in the middle of the oven for 50-60 minutes. Check the cake is cooked with a knife, which should be clean when pulled out.
Cool the cake on a cake rack and when cold cut the cake horizontally into two.
Beat all the chocolate & coffee icing ingredients together in the mixer until combined. Spread the filling over the base cake and sandwich with the top layer.
Melt all the topping ingredients together and spoon over the top of the cake.
This makes a large cake for 16 people. The recipe can be halved easily. Delicious and moist, it can also be served as a gateau.