Triple-chocolate layer cake recipe | delicious. magazine

Triple-chocolate layer cake recipe | delicious. magazine

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This triple chocolate layer cake makes for a beautiful birthday cake. Three layers of moist chocolate sponge sandwiched with buttercream.

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Ingredients

  • 150g unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
  • 150g dark chocolate (Lizzie used https://www.williescacao.com/product/rio-caribe-gold-72-venezuelan-dark-chocolate/Willie’s Cacao Venezuelan 72), broken into pieces
  • 250g plain flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 50g cocoa powder
  • 160g soured cream
  • 200g golden caster sugar
  • 150g soft light brown sugar
  • 4 medium free-range eggs
  • For the chocolate icing
  • 2 gelatine leaves
  • 500g double cream
  • 300g dark chocolate (Lizzie used https://www.williescacao.com/product/sambirano-gold-71-madagascan-dark-chocolate/Willie’s Cacao Madagascan 71), broken into pieces
  • Hundreds and thousands and a 30cm acetate sheet to decorate
  • For the buttercream
  • 175g unsalted butter, softened
  • 300g icing sugar
  • 100g dark chocolate (Lizzie used https://www.williescacao.com/product/surabaya-gold-69-indonesian-dark-chocolate/Willie’s Cacao Indonesian 69), melted as in step 1

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