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Ingredients
Basic chocolate cake
- 200 g unsalted butter, cut into pieces and softened, plus extra for greasing
- 600 g plain flour
- 80 g Dutch cocoa powder
- 540 g white sugar
- 2 tbsp baking powder
- 2 pinches salt
- 500 g full cream milk
- 2 tsp natural vanilla extract
- 4 eggs, room temperature
Buttercream icing
- 500 g icing sugar (see Tips)
- 240 g unsalted butter, cut into pieces and softened
- 1 tbsp boiling water
- 1 tsp natural vanilla extract
Assembly
- lollies of choice, for decorating
- Nutrition
- per 1 portions
- Calories
- 1180.6 kJ / 281.1 kcal
- Protein
- 3.3 g
- Carbohydrates
- 42.9 g
- Fat
- 11.1 g
- Saturated fat
- 7 g
- Fiber
- 1.2 g
- Sodium
- 92.4 mg
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