This easy chocolate cake recipe is based on a very easy sponge cake. It produces a very nice cake with only a few minutes preparation and should work for you even if you’ve never made a cake before in your life. Why not have a go at making this easy chocolate cake and impress your friends and family.

Easy Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

4 oz…110g self raising flour, sifted
1 tsp baking powder
4 oz…110g soft margarine at room temperature
4 oz…110g caster sugar
2 large eggs
1 tbs cocoa powder

For the filling

2 oz…55g butter or quality margarine
4 oz…110g icing/confectioners’ sugar
1 rounded tbs cocoa powder
A little milk (approx 2 teaspoons)

Two 7 in (18cm) cake tins, at least 1.5in (4cm) deep, greased and bases lined with greaseproof/waxed paper

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Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 3, 170 deg C, 325 deg F.

This is a really easy chocolate cake to make. Sift the baking powder and flour into a large mixing bowl. Next, make sure the margarine is soft, then simply add all the other ingredients to the bowl and beat them well until everything is thoroughly mixed together. An electric hand mixer will give better results. The mixture should just drop off a wooden spoon when tapped on the side of the bowl, so if needed mix in 1-2 teaspoons of warm water to get the right consistency.

Put half the mixture in each of the prepared tins and place on the centre shelf of the preheated oven for about thirty minutes. The top of the sponge should be springy to the touch when cooked.

Meanwhile prepare the filling. Put the margarine, sieved icing sugar and cocoa powder in a bowl and mix it together with a little milk until it’s very smooth.

When the cake is cooked, remove from the oven and allow to cool for about a minute. Loosen the edges with a knife and turn the sponges out onto a wire rack to cool. Carefully remove the lining paper and when completely cool spread the filling onto one sponge and sandwich together. To finish, dust the top with icing/confectioners’ sugar if you like.

Stand back and admire your easy chocolate cake masterpiece!