The quickest chocolate cake you’ll ever make …
December 3, 2010 in Uncategorized
Last night we had a Christmas “dry-run” … actually it was a wet-run … but more on that in another post. The point being that I was too busy enjoying the family festivities … that there was no time to bake the cake that I had committed to bringing to Monkey’s Girl’s Christmas tea at her play school.
Decorating the tree …
So I woke up at 6am this morning … to the sound of low-rumbling thunder and rain … and I gulped down some tea and then decided that I’d better whip up my favourite stand-by chocolate cake recipe. I’ve blogged this cake before … but I can not emphasis enough how wonderful the recipe is. I was singing it’s praises this morning to my colleague’s … how you need so few ingredients, how it’s the quickest cake you’ll ever make, how it turns out so perfectly moist and deeply chocolately … it is one of those fail-safe recipes that I am so grateful for.
By 6:15am the cake was in the oven, by 6:45am it was on the cooling rack and by 7am it was being iced.
Ok – so there were some slight mishaps when MG decided to get involved – but hey, it’s a playschool tea … it’s to be expected right?
Polka dot Chocolate Cake
I know the recipe off by heart – it’s so simple …
1 3/4 cups of self-raising flour
1 cup of sugar
1/2 cup of cocoa
1 cup of plain yoghurt (any kind – I use low fat and it works perfectly)
2 eggs
1 tsp bicarb
1 tsp vanilla essence
120g soft butter (melt it in the microwave)
Mix everything together. I use a magi mix for convenience – but you can easily mix this up in a bowl by hand.
Pour into a ring tin (this is important – I tried making it in a round cake tin once … but it didn’t work as well.)
Bake for 30 mins in a 180degree oven.
Ice and decorate (I used milkybar buttons on this one)
Icing: 7 tablespoons of icing sugar, one heaped tablespoon of cocoa, 1 tablespoon of butter and some hot water.
Mix (add just enough hot water to melt everything together into a thickish paste.)
Enjoy! x Sim x
chantellebeyers said on December 3, 2010
*scribbles recipe down* Thanks! I thought those were mints on the cake LOL
tandy.sinclair said on December 3, 2010
printed and will be added to my list for a try! thanks xxx
Zabwan said on December 3, 2010
printed!! thanks for that, I need a good chocolate cake
janicetripepi said on December 3, 2010
Wow this looks awesome!!! How’s this blerrie rain! I am sitting in my office and i swear i can see my grass growing as i type!!! Hope we still have all of our markets tomorrow!!! xxx jan
sharonsmit said on December 3, 2010
sjoe – tree decorating time already!! Cant wait to do ours!!
Still a good recipe to have – love the chocolate buttons on it!!!
Enjoy the weekend!!
ninatimm said on December 3, 2010
Wow, so fast, I spent an entire day yesterday to do a chocolate cake….mpffff!!!
Looks divine!!
pinkpolkadot said on December 3, 2010
I feel so honoured that you name the cake after me!! LOL!! Enjoy the weekend!
SimoneB said on December 4, 2010
Tell me about it! I was swimming through the parking lot yesterday – it just seemed like it would never end! But just look at the weather today … I’m heading outside to lounge by the pool!!! Hooray!
SimoneB said on December 4, 2010
You too
SimoneB said on December 4, 2010
I can never ever have enough choc cake …
SimoneB said on December 4, 2010
I’d seen these Smarties that were described on the box as “gold” and I was so excited to use those for a “Christmasy” feel – but they were yellow. (Talk about false advertising!!) So I used the milk buttons instead
(Maybe you could get away with Endearmints?? Chuckle …)
SimoneB said on December 4, 2010
Nina – you must try this recipe then. I couldn’t possible wait a whole day to eat a cake!!
SimoneB said on December 4, 2010
Hee hee … but of course Pink! The Polka Dot is simply a classic!
carlette said on December 20, 2010
WOW!! Thats a machine of an oven u have!
I will try and time this one! 
Sous-Chef said on December 22, 2010
I have to try this!