Quick Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Glaze
Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes | Each student makes one small cake (6-inch round or 1 lb
loaf tin)
Ingredients (per cake)
Cake:
Plain flour
125 g
Cocoa powder
25 g
Baking powder
½ tsp
Bicarbonate of soda
½ tsp
Caster sugar
100 g
Salt
Pinch
Egg
1 medium
Milk
75 ml
Vegetable oil
50 ml
Vanilla extract
½ tsp
Hot water (just boiled)
75 ml
Chocolate glaze:
Icing sugar
50 g
Cocoa powder
1 tbsp
Hot water
2 tbsp (30 ml)
Butter (optional, for shine)
5g
Optional toppings:
Sprinkles, mini marshmallows, or grated chocolate
Equipment
Mixing bowl
Hand whisk
Measuring jug and spoon
Small round or loaf tin
Baking paper or non-stick spray
Cooling rack or tray
Method
1. Prepare
Preheat oven to 180°C (fan 160°C). Grease and line the tin with baking paper.
2. Make the batter
Whisk flour, cocoa, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, sugar, and salt together. Add
egg, milk, oil, and vanilla. Whisk until smooth, then slowly pour in hot water.
3. Bake
Pour into tin and bake for 25–30 minutes, until top is springy and a skewer comes out
clean.
4. Cool slightly
Leave in the tin 10–15 minutes, then transfer to a rack for another 10 minutes.
5. Make the glaze
Sift icing sugar and cocoa together. Add hot water slowly while whisking until smooth and
glossy. Stir in butter if using.
6. Glaze and decorate
Spoon glaze over warm cake and decorate before it sets.
Timing Plan (1h 30m Class)
0–10 min
Welcome, wash hands, preheat ovens, prepare tins
10–30 min
Mix cake batter
30–60 min
Bake cakes (clean up, prepare glaze ingredients)
60–75 min
Cool cakes slightly, make glaze
75–90 min
Glaze and decorate, pack up to take home
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