Name: Best Ever Chocolate Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Ingredients: 250g Devondale Unsalted Butter; 180g dark chocolate melts; 1 2/3 cups (250g) caster sugar; 4 eggs; 1 cup (150g) plain flour; 1/4 cup (40g) cocoa, plus extra for dusting

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Recipe by: Jenny Bongers. Photography: Whisk Media Group

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Recipe by: Jenny Bongers. Photography: Whisk Media Group

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Melt butter and choc melts in microwave in 30-second bursts, stirring each time until melted (approx. 2 minutes on high setting)
Add the sugar and eggs, then add sifted flour and cocoa. Mix well
Cook in lined 8-inch (22cm) round tin for 1 hour (gas oven at 120°C or 160°C fan-forced for 1 hour 30 minutes)
Let cool in tin. Dust with cocoa and serve with whipped cream

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This chocolate cake recipe can be made up to 3 days ahead

Melt butter and choc melts in microwave in 30-second bursts, stirring each time until melted (approx. 2 minutes on high setting)
Add the sugar and eggs, then add sifted flour and cocoa. Mix well
Cook in lined 8-inch (22cm) round tin for 1 hour (gas oven at 120°C or 160°C fan-forced for 1 hour 30 minutes)
Let cool in tin. Dust with cocoa and serve with whipped cream

Tips & Hints:

This chocolate cake recipe can be made up to 3 days ahead

Melt butter and choc melts in microwave in 30-second bursts, stirring each time until melted (approx. 2 minutes on high setting)
Add the sugar and eggs, then add sifted flour and cocoa. Mix well
Cook in lined 8-inch (22cm) round tin for 1 hour (gas oven at 120°C or 160°C fan-forced for 1 hour 30 minutes)
Let cool in tin. Dust with cocoa and serve with whipped cream

Tips & Hints:

This chocolate cake recipe can be made up to 3 days ahead

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Glenys

21 May 2020, 4:57 pm

Best ever Chocolate Cake/Jenny Bongers - The conversion from cups to grams seem odd. Also oven temp and times need to be clarified. Mine turned out fine with a very fudgy centre. I used cup measurements. It certainly didn’t need 1 1/2 hours cooking time at 160 fan oven. Nice easy fudgy cake. But please could someone adjust the recipe!

Anonymous

4 Dec 2016, 12:55 pm

Great recipe - I've made this cake so many times - works out great!

13 Nov 2016, 4:15 pm

Feedback channel unusable, recipe needs clarification - Prev submitted form apparently failed to capture, and I can't be bothered typing it all again. Recipe needs clarification about oven temps and cake tin sizes. I was unhappy with the result. Submitting this brief version so you can fix, or at least warn others before wasting time and quality ingredients.

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