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Best-ever chocolate layer cake
Photo: David Holifield

Best-ever chocolate layer cake

11 ingredients 30 min + 30 min Serves 10 openrecipes
Best-ever chocolate layer cake

This decadent choc fest lives up to its name

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1039
Calories
29g
Protein
40g
Fat
138g
Carbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chocolate 1 oz (28g) semisweet 155
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Coffee not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 175g self-raising flour , sifted
  • 3 tbsp 70% cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp instant espresso coffee powder (optional)
  • 175g butter , completely softened, plus extra for lining the tin
  • 175g golden caster sugar
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 3 eggs
  • 1-2 tbsp milk
  • 100g 70% dark chocolate , melted and cooled
  • 500ml double cream
  • 500g milk chocolate , chopped

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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