Rainy day – let’s bake
Chocolate cake
It’s raining outside… there’s nothing exciting in the cupboard – let’s do some cooking mummy!
Master Chef Jr (3) and I tried out a new chocolate cake recipe today… and it’s is quite a good one – other than sifting the dry ingredients we only had to add everything else to the bowl and beat for three minutes. ย The hard part was waiting 45 for it to cook**.
Here is the link to the recipe we used: Big Oven
Tips
- Buttermilk is just milk with vinegar… add one teaspoon white vinegar to one cup of milk, voila: buttermilk
- This recipe is also listed on the Big Oven iPhone app – I used “chocolate sponge” as my search.. but this cake seems too moist to really be called a ‘sponge’.
- If making this again I would set my fan forced oven to 165/170C
- The recipe makes two round cakes… one to share, one to freeze or, if you’re feeling decedant, perfect for a sandwich of jam and cream or chocolate frosting to make a big cake
Here’s the final product – just in time for after school snack ๐
**Too bad the chef (who insists he doesn’t need a lunchtime sleep) has fallen asleep waiting for it to come out of the oven! ย More for Immi and I.. yummm.