So, the holiday is over and therefore I no longer need to worry so much about keeping my stomach flat. Therefore, I am now eating carbs again. Carbs! CARBS! Glorious, glorious carbs. What better way to celebrate the ability to eat flour and sugar again, than to bake a cake that contains copious quantities of both.
It’s gooey, it’s cake-y and good god, it is chocolately. Just what you need as the nights start to draw in and it starts to get cold. This is not just any chocolate cake – not only is there a soft sponge, but as it bakes it also creates a dense, sticky chocolate sauce at the bottom of the dish.
The great thing of this is that it’s so easy to make. You make a basic chocolate cake mix, pour into a baking dish, then pour over some water, mixed with cocoa and sugar. It looks weird, but when you bake it the cake bakes perfectly, and the liquid turns into a hot, chocolate sauce. It’s the epitome of laziness – but also happens to taste awesome.
This is from the ‘Great British Bake off’ book from last year – I amended it to work around what was in my baking cupboard.
- 125 g butter
- 125g caster sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 75g plain flour
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 15 ml baking powder
- 6 tbsp cocoa powder
- 50g dark chocolate, chopped into pieces
- 1 tbsp milk
Sauce
- 300ml boiling water
- 125g light brown sugar
- 6 tbsp cocoa powder
Method
- Cream butter and sugar until light and creamy. Add eggs one at a time and beat until light and creamy. The mixture will curdle, but don’t worry. Sift dry ingredients and fold in with a metal spoon. Add the milk and stir through.
- Spoon mixture into a large greased ovenproof dish.
Sauce:
- Mix all ingredients in a jug until the sugar has dissolved.
- Pour sauce over the cake mixture and bake in a preheated oven at 180 C for 30 minutes.
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I’m just making this cake from the GBBO book and found your blog to check that it’s OK to pour the sauce on top of the mixture – just seems a little weird. But it’s obviously right, since yours looks a treat. Thanks! Hannah
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I know, it’s weird right?! It looks super dodgy when it goes in the oven but comes out heavenly – enjoy! 🙂
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carbs are awesome! this looks great!
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MMMmmmm that looks very rich, would it be good made with Terry’s Chocolate Orange? And have you a copy of this particular cookbook or is the recipe taken from online?
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Ooooh a chocolate orange one sounds good. To be fair, I didn’t edit the recipe that much from the book. The recipe has self raising flour instead of plain/baking powder. I also upped the cocoa content from 4tbsp to 6tbsp. Other than that, it’s the same recipe 🙂 Nigella does a similar recipe online: http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/chocolate-self-saucing-pudding-3782 xx
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It is very good, like half cake, half brownie. And doesn’t look too hard 🙂 I shall try it.
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Invite me over when you do 🙂
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