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Chocolate Cake
Photo: David Holifield

Chocolate Cake

15 ingredients Serves 12 openrecipes
Chocolate Cake

A simple, all time favorite chocolate cake that's just easy to make.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1000
Calories
29g
Protein
35g
Fat
138g
Carbs

Counts 7 of 10 ingredients — the other 3 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
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Cake not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0
Icing 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

  • For the Cake
  • 125g Unsalted butter
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 220g Golden caster sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 160ml Water
  • 200g Self-raising flour
  • 50g Cocoa powder
  • For the Icing
  • 60g Unsalted butter
  • 240g Icing sugar
  • 2 tsbp Cocoa powder
  • 2 tbsp Milk
  • Decoration
  • 75g Grated dark and white chocolate

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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