Chocolate Fluff Sponge Recipes

BEST EVER CHOCOLATE SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Stir butter, white sugar, and brown sugar together in a bowl; add vanilla extract and mix well. Stir eggs, 1 at a time, into butter mixture until smooth.
• Sift flour, cocoa powder, and salt together in a separate bowl. Stir flour mixture, alternating with buttermilk, into butter mixture until batter is smooth, adding more buttermilk if needed to thin out batter. Pour batter into the prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes.

CHOCOLATE FLUFF SPONGE

Steps:

• Separate egg yolks.
• Beat whites until fluffy, add sugar and beat well.
• Beat in yolks followed by golden syrup.
• Sift dry ingredients and fold into mixture.
• Place mixture in lined tin (20-23cm).
• Bake approximately 20 minutes(may take a bit longer) in moderate oven.
• Ice cake with chocolate icing and put a chopped up peppermint crisp (topping of choice) on top.
• Fill with whipped cream.

CHOCOLATE SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Butter and line two 20cm sandwich tins with baking parchment.
• Use a handheld electric whisk or a freestanding mixer to beat 175g softened unsalted butter and 175g golden caster sugar together in a bowl until creamy and light in colour. Then add 1 large egg, still mixing.
• Sieve 50g cocoa powder, 100g self-raising flour and a pinch of salt into another bowl and add a third of that to your wet ingredients.
• Once combined, add 1 more large egg and another third of the flour mixture and work that in.
• Then add 1 more large egg and the remaining flour and beat until you have a smooth thick batter. If the batter is stiff, stir in a splash of milk to loosen it.
• Divide the mixture between the tins and smooth the top with the back of a spoon.
• Bake for 20-25 mins until springy to the touch. Take out of the oven and leave in the tins for 10 mins before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
• Meanwhile, make the buttercream by melting 50g dark or milk chocolate in the microwave, or in a bowl over just simmering water, making sure the base doesn't touch the water. Leave to cool.
• Beat 85g softened unsalted butter and half of the 175g sieved icing sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the remaining icing sugar and melted chocolate and mix together. If the icing is runny, chill in the fridge until it is firm but still spreadable.
• To assemble the cake, put a small dollop of icing onto a plate and put one of the cakes on top. Spread the top of the cake with half the icing, leaving a 1cm border around the edge.
• Put the second cake on top and push down very gently. Spread the remaining icing over the top.

DEVONSHIRE CHOCOLATE SPONGE

Steps:

• Preset oven to 190C (375F).
• Grease two 18cm (7 inch) sponge tins.
• In a small mixing bowl, and using electric beaters, cream margarine, sugar and treacle.
• Add eggs and mix until combined.
• Into a separate bowl sieve flour, cocoa, baking powder and coffee.
• Add dry ingredients, a bit at a time, to margarine/treacle mixture alternating with the milk and beating after each addition.
• Beat until combined.
• Divide mixture evenly between sponge tins and bake on the middle shelf of the oven for 20 minutes.
• When cooked, remove from oven and turn carefully onto racks to cool.
• Meanwhile, make the topping/filling: Add a small amount of boiling water to a small saucepan and set over a very low heat.
• Place all topping/filling ingredients into a heatproof glass bowl and set the bowl over the the saucepan (or use a double boiler).
• With electric beaters, cream the ingredients (this won't take very long).
• Cover and place topping/filling into the refrigerator until cake is completely cool.
• Remember the topping is not supposed to be sweet- don't judge the taste until you've tried it on the cake.
• When the cake and topping/filling are both cool, sandwich the two sponges together with the filling then use the other half to ice the top.
• Tip: Run a spatula under some hot water, dry, then use immediately to smooth the topping.

LIGHT & FLUFFY SPONGE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°C (375°F).
• Grease non stick cake pan
• Beat together eggs, oil and sugar, beat until light & fluffy.
• Add flour, salt & baking powder.
• Mix well with electric beater.
• Pour into baking pan & bake for approx 15-20 minutes.
• PLEASE NOTE: For a chocolate cake add 2 teaspoons of unsweetened cocoa to 120ml warm water & add to mixture, note that chocolate cakes should take another 10 minutes to cook.