DOES ANY ONE HAVE A GOOD RECIPE FOR CHOCOLATE CAKE I DO HAVE A FEW BUT THEY NEVER COME OUT HOW I WANT THEM TOO. IM LOOKING FOR ONE WITH NO BUTTERCREAM IN THE MIDDLE JUST A PLAIN CAKE THAT CAN BE ICED MY NAN USED TO MAKE A LOVELY CHOCOLATE CAKE IM TRYING TO FIND ONE LIKE SHE USED TO MAKE SADLY SHE PASSED AWAY. I HAVE'NT TASTED ANY THING NEAR WHAT SHE USED TO MAKE SINCE CAN ANY ONE HELP

spud1234, please do not take offence at what I am about to say ,but using capital or upper case letters means YOU ARE SHOUTING at us,and this gives some of us a headache.

If however your caps lock is stuck forgive me, but I think you should know.

I'm sure it's for the benefit of the more short sighted eh spud?
Have you tried searching under sasha torte(not sure about the spelling-someone will put me right I hope). It's a single layer cake with ganache or similar on top-but you can top it with anything I guess

Frexy the pictures show im not shouting at any one im asking if any one can help if you think using caps are being rude thats down to you i have had trouble with the pc locking for some reason but as there's no sigh of shouting in my message (look at pictures) i also asked for help with a chocolate cake as you have only wrote in to complain i assume you cant help

Hi suemic thankyou i will give it a try writing in caps was not wrote to upset any one but as with life you can't please every one i will let you know how i get on with the search cheers

hi spud, just to say that its a known etiquette that using capital letters is understood to be shouting, hence frexy's comments, who would be trying to help/ advise not cause trouble.
Pictures or no pictures its still seen as shouting .

my great aunt used to make the same kind of choccie cake a really deep cake very dark with melted choccie on the top, no butter cream, I will see if I can find it for you, i havent made that in years.
hope you get your pc locking prob sorted eh.
back with that recipe soon

As I said spud dont take offence as none was intended.
However now you know what its about you have cured it and thats great.
Its very difficult to put recipes on this board as most are copyright and would be deleted,but Be-ro have some great ones.Specially the one made with evaporated milk/carnation,really moist and no filling.
Take a look at their website.

Hi relishmama that cakes sound lovely i can't wait to hear from you. I didnt mean to take an offence.My pc has been playing for a few days i dont know whats wrong its only 2 months old i was brought it for xmas it drives me

Hi frexy iam very sorry if i sounded rude to you please dont take any offence iam very with my pc the letter locks block or freeze the only choice i had yesterday was to type with caps on if i took them off the pc froze and wouldn't let you write hers a big & no offence taken

Hello Spud, Isn't it a shame that so many of these recipes die out with the passing generations, here is a Chocolate Cake recipe from my tatty little recipe book I have had since for ever
Chocolate Cake
4oz S.R.Flour
4oz Butter/marg
6oz moist brown sugar
2 eggs
2oz plain chocolate
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 fluid oz warm milk
Method
1. Cream butter and sugar until light and add egg yolks.
2. Melt choc and add vanilla add to butter mix with sifted flour and milk to make a soft consistency.
3.Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.
4. Bake in a 7in tin with the bottom lined for about an hour
oven gas mark 4.
This cake becomes more moist and tasty after storage.
It is probably not like the one your Nan used to make but it is a nice cake I promise . Good cooking Spud whatever you try.

Hi jennifer that sounds almost identical to my Aunty Bell's
i will have to give it a go when i get chance, just to see if its the same of course
i love chocolate cake, the darker the better and i dont like butter icing too much

Hi jennifer264
Thankyou so much for the recipe i have taken down the ingredients iam about to make the cake it sounds lovely i cant wait to taste it. Do you ice the cake or do you have it the way it is? i will let you know what i think

I don't ice this one because we are not really icing fans,it makes a sort ofcrusty top, for want of a better word but don't let that put you off. It is quite an elderly recipe but nice.

spud1234, glad you did not take offence and your poor computer let you down.
Hate it when mine goes off at a tangent,it wont send my emails at the moment so will have a backlog.
Looks as if Choccie cakes are the order of the day so off to make one for tomorrow.
One site I go on had a recentley married girl post her wedding cake recipe which was Chocolate and cointreau decorated with Thorntons chocolates...drool drool.

hi spud

river cafe do a chocolte nemisis that is to die for, I cant post the recipe here but it can be easily found. if you have trouble, post and let me know, I will try to get it to you. There are wonderful websites around supplying us with wonderful recipes

that sounds fab jenifer, thank you. I will definately try it out.xxxx

I remember years ago Russell Grant did a big thing on chocolate cakes. He tested them all out himself.

What is really sad is that I still have the Family Circle book that went with it.....

I did Mary Berry's chocolate Roulade the other week which she did on the Saturdasy Kitchen, it was mega easy and absolutely devine, a total success.

Just got my copy of Delicious today and on the front....a lovely Chocolate fudge cake,so tried it this afternoon and it was so easy.
Unusual in that you add a tablespoon of vinegar to milk and make a batter.
Now just got to taste it.
Oh no still too hot!

I know i said i wasn't gonna post anymore but just passing andf couldn't resist sharing this recipe with you as it's gorgeous easy and quick
Chilled out chocolate cake.
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150g Butter
150g Brown Sugar
1 Beaten Egg
175g Chopped walnuts
300g chocolate wafer biscuits(Crumbled Up)
Choc or vanilla icing to cover

Combine sugar butter and beaten egg in a saucepan then meltt together on a low heat
Once everything has melted remove from heat stir in remainig ingredients and put in to 8" square tin leave to chill in the fridge then coat with icing of your choice
Simple but divine

hi no1chef thankyou for the recipe i will try it out it i like the look of wafer biscuite i never thought of using them i always have wafers in the cuboard for the children when they need a quick snack.
Hi frexy i collect ukfood mag, olive and delicious mag its not on sale in my shop at the moment i will try this cake when mag comes in sound lovely let me know how it tastes p.s thanks for every ones advice thats realy nice to know you can get help with just a click

Spud1234, I have a subscription to Delicious, taken out when they were offering Typhoon scales in the deal so I forgot it comes a few days before its in the shops.
Sorry
Have not iced it, so will serve it tonight as a pudd.
Well a slice with some raspberries thickend and poured over and a bit of creme fraiche as it is very chocolatey.

Hi. When does Delicious come out in the shops???? That cake sounds sublime. Do you think I can cheat on my diet??? lol

Morning sarah, once in a while doesn't hurt. So go ahead and cheat.

hi sarah13 delicious in my town is due on the 4.3.05 then every month after that you can have them deliverd to you door if you choseto but most supermarkets have them stocked for a while ive been collecting them for months they are brill i also collect olivo and ukfood they work through each month with fresh fruit and veg thats in season they have recipes for easy dinners kids cooking club they are good buy if you do purchase them let me know what you think happy hunting