Chocolate Cake Recipe | Food Network UK

Ingredients

• For the Cake
• Unsalted butter, for greasing pan
• 3 ounces semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, chopped
• 1 cup flat cola
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup unsweetened natural cocoa powder (not Dutch processed)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon fine salt
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 3/4 cup vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• For the Icing
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice or 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• Pinch fine salt
• 4 large egg whites
• 10 ounces (2 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature, cut into small pieces