Today is Chocolate Cake Day! As if I needed another reason to bake…. Tuesdays are busy days for me so I didn’t have much time to do it in: but no need to worry, this recipe is so quick and easy!

Preheat: oven to 180°C/ 160°fan/ Gas 4 and prepare a baking pan: either use an muffin tin, it will make 16 to 18, or an 8″/20cm round tin. Today I opted for my kugelhopf tin

In a large bowl: sift together and set aside

• 350g plain flour
• 175g sugar (I mixed white and brown just because I ran out of the white)
• ¼tsp salt

In a small bowl: mix together and set aside

• 125ml buttermilk ( last minute so milk + 1tsp white vinegar left for 5mn)
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp coffee extract (or 1 tbsp good instant espresso powder)
• 1 tsp bicarbonate soda

In a small pan:

• melt 230g butter
• add 4 generous tbsp cocoa powder
• pour 250ml boiling water, stirring well and once brought back to the boil, remove from heat

All together:

• Pour the chocolate liquid over the dry ingredients, mixing gently, allowing for the liquid to cool down: you should get something that looks like a dough

• Add the wet ingredients over it and mix together with a wooden spoon. Pour into your prepared pan

Bake for 35mn as a cake or 18 to 20mn as muffins.

Leave to cool for 10mn before turning onto a wire rack. I used melted milk chocolate and sprinkles for finishing touches!

That easy! Now enjoy as my boys did!