Chocolate cake!

This chocolate cake recipe has the same amounts as a plain sponge but has chocolate (obviously) and is put together a little differently.

So here’s my recipe:

8oz/230g sugar
8oz/230g butter
200g plain/dark chocolate
4 egg yolks
4 egg whites
8 oz/230g S.R flour
1 tsp baking powder 

First melt the butter and chocolate together over a bain-marie or in the micro wave. If you are using a microwave do it in short bursts so that the chocolate doesn’t get burnt. Leave to cool.

The next step is to separate the egg yolk from the egg white. Mix the egg yolks with the sugar and the cooled chocolate mix.

This recipe doesn’t require you to cream the butter and sugar together to create air bubbles because of the next step which is to whisk the egg whites until they are stiff peaks. Make sure that there is no water or grease in the bowl you use to mix the whites in because otherwise they WILL NOT RISE!

Fold in the flour and baking powder; now fold in the whisked egg whites.

Bake for 20-30 minutes at 180

Enjoy!