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Classic chocolate cake

Serves 12

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cooking Time 50 minutes

Ingredients

225 g cake flour
325 g caster sugar
115 g cocoa powder
2 t bicarbonate of soda
1 t baking powder
1 t salt
2 free-range eggs
1⁄2 cup buttermilk
1⁄4 cup vegetable oil
1⁄2 cup water
2 t vanilla extract
100 g Woolworths 70% dark chocolate drops, melted
100 g Woolworths milk chocolate drops, melted
100 g Woolworths white chocolate drops, melted

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 170°C. Grease and line a 23 cm springform baking tin with baking paper.

2. Sift all the dry ingredients into the bowl of a stand mixer. Whisk together all the wet ingredients and slowly add to the dry mixture while beating at a low speed until smooth.

3. Pour the batter into the cake tin and bake for 35 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean. Cool in the tin, then remove. Just before serving, drizzle with the melted chocolate.

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Photography: Jan Ras
Food assistants: Emma Nkunzana & Cheri Kustner

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