Nigella's classic chocolate cake recipe: easy and tasty

Name: Nigella's classic chocolate cake recipe: easy and tasty
Ingredients: For Cake; 200g plain flour; 200g caster sugar; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 40g best-quality cocoa; 175g soft unsalted butter; 2 large eggs; 2 teaspoons real vanilla extract; 150ml sour cream (which I subbed with creme fraiche); * Note that I halved everything to make a cake just right for my family size. The other reason being, my oven is just too small to accommodate 2 cake tins. Yes, THAT small. Sad.; Blog post can be read here: http://thelittleteochew.blogspot.com/2009/11/nigellas-old-fashioned-chocolate-cake.html; For Creamy Chocolate Frosting; 170 g confectioners' sugar; 15 g unsweetened cocoa powder; 45 g butter; 40 ml evaporated milk; 3 ml vanilla extract; * Note that this recipe is enough for 6 servings. If you want to bake a bigger cake, you can input your desired serving size at Allrecipes and the corresponding measurements will be re-calculated.

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For Cake 1. Take everything out of the fridge so that all the ingredients can come to room temperature. 2. Preheat the oven to gas mark 4/180°C and line and...

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Ingredients

For Cake
200g plain flour
200g caster sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
40g best-quality cocoa
175g soft unsalted butter
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons real vanilla extract
150ml sour cream (which I subbed with creme fraiche)
* Note that I halved everything to make a cake just right for my family size. The other reason being, my oven is just too small to accommodate 2 cake tins. Yes, THAT small. Sad.
Blog post can be read here: http://thelittleteochew.blogspot.com/2009/11/nigellas-old-fashioned-chocolate-cake.html
For Creamy Chocolate Frosting
170 g confectioners' sugar
15 g unsweetened cocoa powder
45 g butter
40 ml evaporated milk
3 ml vanilla extract
* Note that this recipe is enough for 6 servings. If you want to bake a bigger cake, you can input your desired serving size at Allrecipes and the corresponding measurements will be re-calculated.