July 2020 - Church Farm Chocolate cake!

Church Farm Chocolate cake!

Ingredients

170g Plain Flour
150g Sugar
75g Cocoa powder
2 tsp Baking powder
1 tsp Bicarbonate soda
Pinch salt
265ml Whole milk
1 tbsp Lemon juice
90ml Sunflower oil
2 Eggs
1tsp Vanilla bean paste

For icing
200g Dark chocolate
225g Unsalted butter
1 tsp Vanilla bean paste
175g Icing sugar
Strawberries

Method

1. Preheat oven 1800C. Grease and line two 18cm round cake tins with baking paper.
2. Stir lemon juice into milk and leave to stand for 5 minutes, to make buttermilk.
3. Sieve flour into bowl, add sugar, cocoa, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda and salt, mix.
4. Beat eggs and combine buttermilk, oil and vanilla. Fold wet ingredients into dry ones and mix.
5. Mixture should be a smooth consistency with air bubbles. Pour into baking tins, bake for 30 -40 minutes.
6. Remove from oven and leave to cool.

To make the icing:

7. Cream butter in mixing bowl until fluffy, add sifted icing sugar and beat together.
8. Add vanilla paste and melted chocolate continue to beat until whipped texture.
9. Once cakes are cooled, spread the buttercream icing over bottom layer and repeat for top. Add strawberries to top and serve.