This week I'm sharing my super simple chocolate cake recipe which is so easy to make. I'll be showing you how to make the chocolate sponge cake and also how to make yummy chocolate buttercream frosting.

I really hope you enjoy the recipe. Thank you so much for watching and don't forget to subscribe for more cake decorating tutorials!

The ingredients you will need to make this 6 inch cake are:
340g / 13oz - Self Raising Flour
400g / 14oz - Butter
400g / 14oz - Caster Sugar
60g / 2oz - Cocoa Powder
4 medium eggs
3 - 4 tbsp - Milk

Bake on the middle shelf for 45 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius (which is 356 degrees Fahrenheit or gas mark 4). If you are using a fan oven you will need to reduce the temperature and cook for a little longer.

For the Chocolate Buttercream:
450g / 16oz - Icing Sugar
250g / 9oz - Salted Butter
45g / 1.5oz - Cocoa Powder
2.5 tbsp- Milk

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★ Video Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:22 Ingredients for Chocolate Cake
01:53 Preparing the Cake Tins
05:56 Making a simple chocolate cake
06:16 Chocolate Buttercream Recipe
08:35 Putting the cake together
10:54 Cutting the cake
11:15 Outro

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