Homemade Celebration Cake
A simple and delicious chocolate cake perfect for celebrations.
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- •130 g Golden caster sugar
- •70 g Icing sugar
- •200 g Butter
- •200 g ChocolateBest quality available
- •6 Eggs
- •2 teaspoons Vanilla paste or extract
- •2 gratings Orange zest(optional)
- •200 g Self-raising gluten-free flourUse regular self-raising flour if not gluten-free
- •200 g Icing sugar (for buttercream)
- •200 g Butter (for buttercream)
- •200 g Chocolate (for buttercream)Melted
- •1 pinch Salt(optional)
- •Raspberries(optional)For decoration
- 1
Melt 200g butter, 200g sugar (130g golden caster sugar and 70g icing sugar), and 200g chocolate over simmering water.
5 min
- 2
Prepare a cake mold by greasing with butter and dusting with flour.
2 min
- 3
Add 6 eggs to the cooled chocolate mixture, whisking one at a time.
3 min
- 4
Add 2 teaspoons of vanilla paste or extract and orange zest to the mixture.
1 min
- 5
Sift in 200g self-raising gluten-free flour and fold into the mixture.
2 min
- 6
Pour the mixture into the prepared mold and bake at 160°C for 50 minutes.
50 min
- 7
For the buttercream, melt 200g chocolate and mix with 200g icing sugar and 200g butter. Add a pinch of salt.
5 min
- 8
Once the cake is cooled, fill and cover with buttercream. Decorate with raspberries.
10 min
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