Chocolate Cake

Advantages: Not too high in cholesterol
Disadvantages: Still a lot of calories

...This is a good cake recipe for anyone concerned about their cholesterol level, as it uses just one egg and you can use skimmed milk to mix. Making the icing with plain chocolate also increases the goodness of this cake. The butter could be substituted by a healthier option such as margarine, but low-fat spreads are not suitable for cake making because of their high water content. 175 g (6 oz) self-raising flour 5 ml (1 tsp) baking powder 30 g (1 oz) cocoa powder a pinch of salt 110 g (3 ½ oz) butter 60 g (2 oz) desiccated coconut 125 g (4 oz) sugar 1 egg 5 ml (1 tsp) vanilla essence 150 ml (5 fl oz) milk to mix Sift the flour, baking powder, cocoa powder, and salt into a basin. Rub the butter into these dry ingredients, add the coconut and sugar, and stir in the beaten egg. Lightly mix in the vanilla essence, then add...

denella 15.06.2007 · Read review
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Chocolate Slab Cake

Advantages: Delicious taste, quite easy to make.
Disadvantages: Not very good for your waistline, or your wallet!

...This is my recipe for a chocolate slab cake which I have made a few times recently and always seems to go down a treat. Ingredients Required: For cake: 200g butter, plus extra for greasing 100g dark chocolate, broken up in to pieces 75ml tap water 350g plain floud 2 teaspoons of baking powder 250g soft light brown sugar 75ml soured cream 2 eggs, beaten For Icing: 200g dark chocolate, broken up in to pieces 6 tablespoons of tap water 3 tablespoons of single cream 1 tablespoon of butter (chilled) To make the cake: Preheat the oven to 190 degrees/gas mark 5. Grease a 33x20cm (13x8inch) cake tin and line the bottom of the tin with baking paper. I grease my tin with butter and use greaseproof paper for lining the tray. Melt the 200g of butter, 100g dark chocolate with the 75ml of tap water in a saucepan over a low...

katyeverett 15.05.2009 · Read review
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Easy Chocolate Fudge Cake

Advantages: Very easy, all in one cake, delicious results (I'm told)
Disadvantages: Waiting for it to cool, dieters' nightmare

...Its probable that Chocolate Cake is about as controversial as baking gets - everyone has their own favourite, arguments abound on the best cocoa powder, cocoa solids percentage and frankly every other slight differentiation of sugar, flour, butter quantity, type and derivation. Its nearly as bad as asking someone how to make the perfect bacon sandwich. With chocolate cake, the only thing to which most people agree is they like it - except me. I don't like chocolate. There I've said it out loud. I did used to like it, something happened (medical, let's not go there) and now I don't. But everyone else does. So this is the chocolate cake I make the most, as its foolproof, kind of pre-dates my personal chocolate distaste (though it has been tinkered with since) and everyone seems to like it. Don't let the long list and spooky sounding...

josparkle 05.07.2006 · Read review
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Pure Chocolate Cake

Advantages: Tastes amazing, easy to make
Disadvantages: Soooo fattening.

...There's not much that I know how to cook, but I know how to make a really good chocolate cake. I've changed it a bit over the years but it's pretty simple to make and tastes amazing. *Ingredients* 3 eggs 120g sugar 120g butter 100g self raising flour (40g coca powder optional) 300g or more Galaxy chocolate (or Cadbury's or a different brand if you prefer, but galaxy tastes incredible). *How to make* 1. The galaxy chocolate is going to be melted and some of this will go into the cake, and the rest will go on top as icing. You can melt the chocolate whenever you want but its a good idea to do it while you're making the rest of the cake. Melt the chocolate on the hob on a low heat. If you don't know how to melt chocolate, you have to put some boiling water into a pan and keep it hot by putting the hob on a low heat...

charlsayslol 10.01.2007 · Read review
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Wicked chocolate cake

Advantages: very rich and full of flavour
Disadvantages: calories (an awfull lot)

...Wicked Chocolate Cake. I am not a great lover of chocolate or of cake come to that, but when I was having a party a great work colleague mentioned that she loved chocolate cake. I decided to check out a recipe that my grandmother had used years ago. I have not got a clue on calories per slice but I think it is very high. It tastes great with loads of cream poured over it. It is also nice hot, if you heat it in the microwave before you pour on the cream. Do this in the dish you are going to eat it from as it does melt the filling. Also not recommended to heat it up if you use butter cream to ice the cake (it's not very nice when that melts). I am now highly addicted to this cake, it is very rich so you don't need much. The cake was a big hit and I have had a few requests to make more for other people, so here is the recipe...

nick979 08.02.2007 · Read review
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Do You Like Cake And Chocolate Read On !!!!!!

Advantages: Just Cant Stop Eating
Disadvantages: To Many Naughty Bits

...I as most people will now know a House Husband with five kids two of which are at home with me all day, the one thing they love to do is help Daddy "mix mix" as they call it so I find myself baking loads of cakes and biscuits. When I say this section on Ciao I know what I had to do, I just have to let you know about my Chocolate Chip Madeira Cake with Frosting. The kid's absolutely adore it and whenever I bake it I have to hide the cake tin away or else it's gone in no time at all. It is very simple to make but when the boys are helping me also very messy I'm still cleaning up after last nights effort lol. This cake is not ideal for those dieting so be warned before reading on think about the calories and stop reading because once you see the ingredients you will just have to try some. I always serve this cake warm with some custard...

bazzaoleary77 01.03.2007 · Read review
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Mels Yummy Scrummy Chocolate Cake

Advantages: Delicious Chocolate Cake
Disadvantages: Slightly Fattening perhaps?????

....................... Well with a little bit of help from Cadbury's :O) If you are looking for a really tasty chocolate cake recipe perhaps you should carry on reading :O) To be honest I've never really been one for the whole baking experience, I always try to make sure I cook a healthy meal for the kids although I think that's about adventurous as it gets in our kitchen. Well perhaps with this one exception :O) *~*~*~ So what's so good about your Yummy Scrummy Delicious Chocolate Cake~*~*~* Well being somewhat of a Chocolate loving Chocolate scoffing Chocoholic, its actually hard to find anything bad about it. Although apart from most of the ingredients being Cadburys, every single ingredient gets mixed in lovingly by hand, to give it that much more of a lighter fluffier texture :O) Although seeing as i dont have...

Surveyaholic 23.05.2006 · Read review
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Chocolate and raisin biscuit cake!

Advantages: Chocolately, delicious, easy to make
Disadvantages: High in calories but a lovely treat! :)

...My mother used to make this cake all the time, everytime a celebration came around, whether it be a birthday, christening, anniversary or even wedding, any excuse for my mother to get in the kitchen and make it. I wanted to share this recipe with you because it is a really nice cake to make and eat, with hardly any effort needed. ***INGREDIENTS*** 100g (4 ounces) Margarine 75g (3 ounces) Golden Syrup 25g (1 ounces) Cocoa Powder 50g (2 ounces) Seedless Raisins 200g (8 ounces) Mixed Biscuit or Digestives 100g (4 ounces) Plain or Milk Chocolate ( I myself prefer the plain chocolate on this cake) ***UTENCILS*** Sponge Tin Foil Pan Spoon Food blender or the good old rolling pin (something to crush the biscuits) ***METHOD*** 1) Line the sponge tin with the foil 2) Crush the biscuits 3) Place the margarine...

jeannie5 28.01.2006 · Read review
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Speedy Chocolate Cake

Advantages: Yummy, lots of variations, quick to prepare
Disadvantages: um...

...This is a recipie for a very quick and easy chocolate cake, that's ideal for a girlie night in with a bottle of wine! Please let me know if you try it and like it. You Will Need: 175 grams self raising flour 6 table spoons of oil 6 table spoons of hot water 2 eggs 1 table spoon of cocoa 175 grams of caster sugar 1. Mix the flour, cocoa and sugar together. 2. Make a well in the centre, add the oil, water and eggs, and beat until smooth. Spoon into an 18cm tin, and bake in a pre-heated oven at 180c for 45 minutes to an hour. Serve when hot with ice cream and fruit, or leave to cool and decorate. Or you could make two and sandwich the two slabs together with buttercream or something similar. Enjoy!!...

Belle 07.09.2003 · Read review
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Chocolate Fudge Dessert Cake

Advantages: Perfect Ending To A Meal
Disadvantages: Calories (Don't Count 'em I Say!)

...This is my morning tea cake, as I used to make this for morning tea at my last job. I agreed to make morning tea before I left, and asked what people wanted. This was on everyone's list. **************************************** Ingredients 250g butter, chopped into cubes 250g dark cooking chocolate, broken into squares 8 large eggs, separated (I find organic eggs give the best results). 250g ground almonds or hazelnuts 250g caster sugar 150g dark chocolate, extra. **************************************** Before starting, heat your oven to 180 deg Celsius. Grease a round, 20cm cake tin. I find the springform ones work the best for this recipe. Cut a circle of greaseproof paper, and place this over the bottom of the cake tin. Grease the greaseproof paper also. (I still do this even though my springform tin is...

Kezza88 22.11.2003 · Read review
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