I seem to have lost my Slab Chocolate Cake mojo lately. I have had so many failures! They’ve either sunk in the middle, cracked badly or just been rubbery! I lost my original recipe and have not been able to replicate it until now!
Here it is and it’s a ripper. Use for birthday cake as I did, or cut into pieces and freeze for a quick dessert. Just warm in the microwave and serve with chocolate sauce and cream or ice cream.
I use the Mint brand medium roasting tin from Woolworths to bake this. It measures 30 x 20 x 6cm
I made my Fudge Frosting in my Kitchen Aid mixer, as that’s the recipe I had developed ages ago. I’ll convert to the Thermomix and add here later. Follow me on Facebook for updates! ThermoGourmand on Facebook
Easy Slab Chocolate Cake
Author: ThermoGourmand
Recipe type: Cake
A dark and luscious chocolate cake that feeds a crowd.
Ingredients
- 300g raw sugar
- 375g SR flour
- 50g cocoa
- 1¼ tsp of bi-carb soda
- 125g butter, cubed
- 300g buttermilk or milk soured with 2 tsp vinegar
- 4 eggs
- 90g light tasting olive oil
- 2 tsp vanilla essence
Method
- Line a lightly greased baking tin with baking paper so that it hangs over the long edges. Secure with steel pegs if necessary.
- Pre heat oven to 165C fan forced. I don't advice going any higher as cake may crack.
- Add sugar to bowl and mill 10 sec/sp 8.
- Add flour, cocoa and bi-carb soda and aerate on Turbo 1 min x 2. (1 sec/sp 10 x 2)
- Remove to a bowl.
- Add butter to Thermomix bowl and melt 3 min/60/sp 1.
- Add remaining ingredients, in order and mix 10 sec/sp 4.
- Add back the dry ingredients and mix 20 sec/sp 4.
- Scrape down well and around base.
- Mix a further 15 sec/sp 5. Scrape base to ensure all is mixed well.
- Pour into tin and bang on the bench to remove any air bubbles.
- Bake for 40 – 45 minutes or until a skewer in the centre comes out clean.
- Leave in tin for 10 minutes before turning out on to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Remove paper by sliding it out from underneath the cake.
- Ice with a buttercream or fudge frosting.
Megan
