Devil's food cake Recipe | Food Network UK

Ingredients

• For the icing
• 425g milk chocolate, finely chopped
• 350ml double cream
• For the cake
• 300g plain unbleached flour
• 1 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 3/4 tsp baking powder
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 180g unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for the tins
• 220g plus 2 tbsp granulated sugar
• 75g nonalkalized cocoa powder (not Dutch-processed)
• 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 3 large eggs, at room temperature
• 295ml water
• 60ml milk