Chocolate Birthday Cake Recipe
This chocolate birthday cake recipe is moist, easy to make, and perfect for decorating with colourful butter icing.
Ingredients
Ingredients (1x Quantity)
- 250 g Salted Butter 1 cup / 8.8 oz
- 250 g Sugar 1¼ cups / 8.8 oz
- 3 Large Eggs
- 1 tsp Vanilla Essence
- 250 ml Milk room temperature (1 cup / 8.45 fl oz)
- 250 g Flour 2 cups / 8.8 oz
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- 100 g Cocoa Powder 2/3 cup / 3.5 oz
- 50 ml Additional Milk 1/4 cup / 1.69 fl oz
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F). Grease and line a 24cm round cake tin.
- Sift flour, baking powder, and cocoa into a bowl. Set aside.
- Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in vanilla and eggs until well combined.
- Fold in flour mixture and milk, alternating between the two, starting and ending with flour.
- Mix until smooth. If using a mixer, keep speed low.
- Pour batter into the prepared cake tin and smooth the top.
- Bake for 25 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean.
- Cool before decorating with colourful butter icing.
Notes
To ensure your cake is perfectly level for stacking or decorating, carefully trim the domed top using a serrated knife or for a more precise and effortless result, I highly recommend the Wilton Adjustable Cake Leveler (12 x 6.25-Inch), ideal for leveling and torting small cakes with even layers.