CHOCOLATE BUTTERMILK CAKE
October 14, 2011 in Cakes
Since returning from my holiday,which is nearly 6 weeks ago,I hardly did much baking –this is a looong time for someone like me who has a sweet tooth. When I mentioned this to my sister – she very wisely put this down to my having eaten a lot of decadent sweet goodies during my trip which had satisfied my sweet cravings .
She is right – both my children still tried to feed me stuff that I just had to taste right up to the day that I was leaving.
The urge for something sweet has raised its head again – and it had to be a chocolate cake. I chose this recipe which is an old favorite of mine because it is quick and easy to put together – its hand mixed and the ingredients are everyday items.
The cake is rich, moist and satisfying with a delicious icing. This cake gets demolished at great speed – I just managed to save a piece to take a picture for this post.
CHOCOLATE BUTTERMILK CAKE
Serves 8 – 10
125g butter
125ml oil
30ml cocoa powder
250ml water
500ml flour
400ml sugar
2 extra-large eggs, lightly beaten
5ml bicarbonate of soda
5ml vanilla essence
125ml buttermilk
Icing
60ml butter
30ml cocoa powder
30ml buttermilk
560ml icing sugar, sifted
5ml vanilla essence
Preheat oven to 180 C.
Grease a ring pan well.
In a pot heat the butter, oil, cocoa powder and water.
When the butter has melted, remove the pot from the heat.
Cool slightly and place in a large mixing bowl.
Add the flour and sugar.
Mix well.
Add the eggs and bicarbonate of soda, vanilla essence and buttermilk.
Mix together.
Pour the mixture into the greased pan and bake for approximately 36 minutes in a metal ring pan (29 minutes in a silicone ring pan).
While the cake is baking, prepare the icing.
Melt the butter.
Add the sifted cocoa powder and buttermilk.
Then add the icing sugar and vanilla essence.
Beat until smooth.
When the cake is baked, remove from the oven.
Cool and then pour over the icing.
Zabwan said on October 15, 2011
Sounds like a good classic choclate cake, looks so dark & moist, Mitzi, yummy!
HealthyVegetarianFoods said on October 15, 2011
looks great
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Foodandthefab said on October 16, 2011
a beautiful cake! a long holiday- sounds lovely
joeymeyer said on October 17, 2011
Hi Mitzi,
this sounds lovely. my type of cake. all cakes are actually my type of cake
rumtumtigger said on October 17, 2011
Lovely! Thank you for sharing the recipe ;o)
pinkpolkadot said on October 17, 2011
Mitzi, this sounds and looks utterly delicious!!!
mitzireddy said on October 20, 2011
It is an old favourite of mine, Zabwan – thanks.
mitzireddy said on October 20, 2011
Thanks, Usha
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The downside of that combo – is one’s increasing waistline. lol. I can see from your pics that u do not have to worry about that. Thanks, Ishay.
mitzireddy said on October 20, 2011
Thanks, Joey, – a delish no fuss cake – easy to put together.
mitzireddy said on October 20, 2011
Thanks, Tigger. I have saved your eggless choc cake recipe for when I have vegetarian friends around.
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Thanks, Pink.
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