5 Ingredient Chocolate Fudge Cake

Instructions

Chocolate fudge cake

• Boil the kettle.
• Cream room temperature butter and sugar together. It will not become creamy, don't worry you are doing it right.
• Add one egg at a time, mix using electric beaters.
• Fold in half the sifted flour using a spatula, then fold in the remaining flour.
• Mix together the cocoa powder and boiling water in a separate bowl. Let it sit for 2 mins.
• Pour half the cocoa mixture into the cake batter. Fold using the spatula until combined. Then repeat with the remaining.
• Line three 6" cake tins, pour in the cake batter.
• Bake in the oven for 16 mins at 160c fan.

Chocolate simple syrup

• Add all the ingredients in a small saucepan, on a medium melt the sugar in the water. Once the sugar is melted, remove from the heat and set aside to cool completely.

Chocolate fudge buttercream

1. Add the cocoa, and icing sugar in a mixing bowl.
2. Add the room temperate butter, make sure it is very smooth.
3. Heat the cream in the microwave for 40-50 seconds.
4. Pour over the ingredients in the bowl.
5. Mix together with an electric beater.
6. Cover with cling film, make sure it touches the chocolate fudge buttercream.
7. Place in the fridge to cool and firm up.
8. When you are ready to use the buttercream, take it out the fridge and use the electric beater to whip it up which will make it the perfect texture to spread on the cake.

Assemble and decorate

1. Once the cakes have cooled, cut off the tops to make them flat.
2. Poke holes in the cakes, then drizzle 3-5 tbsp of simple syrup on each cake layers to make them more moist.
3. Spread a layer of chocolate fudge frosting on top of the 1st cake layer.
4. Repeat with the second cake layer.
5. Turn the third cake layer upside down and place it on top.
6. Spread the chocolate fudge buttercream all over the cake in a messy pattern. If using pre made buttercream I recommend warming the buttercream slightly (10-15 seconds) in the microwave. before spreading on the cake.