Recipe: Chocolate Fudge Cake

For my brother's 21st on Sunday I made a winner of a cake already approved by my flatmates at uni! The balance of icing and cake is just right (well I think so anyway) and everyone said they enjoyed it. I can't guarantee this is particularly good for you though...

For the cake you will need:

• 400g plain flour
• 250g golden caster sugar
• 100g light brown muscovado sugar
• 50g cocoa powder
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• ½ tsp salt
• 3 large eggs
• 142ml sour cream
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract
• 175g unsalted butter (melted)
• 125ml vegetable oil
• 300ml chilled water

And for the icing (the best bit):

• 175g dark chocolate
• 250g unsalted butter
• 275g icing sugar
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract

To make the cake, combine all the ingredients and put in 2 lined 8 inch sandwich tins. Bake in a preheated oven at 180C for 50 minutes. 

For the icing, mix the ingredients until smooth and spreadable. Then put a quarter of icing on one cake and put the other one on top. Cover the cake on the top and the sides and decorate how you like. 

I cut out a paper stencil and then grated white chocolate over the top but for my flatmates I crushed maltesers on the top. 

Mmmmm cake!