Traditional From Scratch Chocolate Cake
Ingredients: sugar, butter, self-raising flour, eggs, baking powder · 65 min cook time · 550kcal · $14.00
Ingredients
2cup sugar, 1cup butter, 3cup self-raising flour, 4whole eggs, 1tsp baking powder, 1shot espresso, 0.5cup cocoa powder, 200g dark chocolate, 1cup buttermilk, 1tsp instant espresso powder
Instructions
1. Beat the sugar and the butter together in a bowl.
2. Add four whole eggs, one at a time, with a tablespoon of flour per egg to mix.
3. Melt dark chocolate in the microwave for 30 seconds.
4. Add buttermilk and a shot of coffee to the batter and mix all of that in with the melted chocolate.
5. Pour into your cake pan and bake in the oven.
6. Make a quick coffee sugar syrup by reducing sugar, water, and instant coffee in a pan until slightly thicker than liquid water, then brush the sponges.
7. Decorate with chocolate buttercream frosting, smooth with an offset spatula, and add shredded chocolate on top.
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