Chocolate Sponge Cake – A million reasons why you will love it
This chocolate sponge cake has got chocolate in it – probably the only reason needed, but I can helpfully think of a few more. Then it has got even more chocolate in and on it – anyone who says you can have too much chocolate clearly has not had this cake yet. If that is you, then drop everything and make it now. Plus, that crunchy gooey Caramel Popcorn topping on top of this Chocolate Sponge Cake. That is a marriage made in foodie heaven. Easter baking / dessert centerpieces / chocaholic cravings are totally sorted – I have got all our backs.
See, I have got plenty of reasons.
How To Make Chocolate Sponge Cake:
Making this Chocolate Sponge Cake is super easy.
Chocolate Sponge Cake Topping
The toping is one of the best bits of this moist chocolate cake. First, you make a fluffy vanilla buttercream icing exactly like your mum / gran / bestie makes. And as a little or as much as you want. Just to make sure that you have enough of everything you like, add a little extra icing. Step 3. Gradually beat in the eggs and if the mixture starts to curdle, add a little flour. Step 4. Then mix in the cocoa paste, flour, baking powder and the chocolate chunks. Step 5. Divide the mixture between the three sandwich tins and bake. Then you top it all of with some crunchy perfect caramel popcorn
How to Make Caramel Popcorn
Easy, peasy right? If you love salted caramel, do check out my blogger friend Sandhya’s BEST Salted Caramel Sauce (via Sandhya’s Kitchen).
Now back to the chocolate cake with caramel chocolate chip popcorn. The basic cake itself is a soft and fluffy chocolate sponge cake, studded with chocolate chunks all wrapped up with a fluffy vanilla buttercream icing exactly like your mum makes. Just to make sure that you have enough of everything you like, add a little extra icing, a lot more chocolate and some fab toppings.
I found that icing around the outside of the cake was much easier if the cake was chilled. So, I suggest baking the chocolate sponge and icing between the layers, then refrigerating the partially done cake overnight. That way you can easily ice the outside the next day. And then to top it all, you just add as much Caramel Popcorn as you can manage. You are totally allowed to eat all the rest of the popcorn. Macaroons and flowers purely optional. Is this not just the best Easter centrepiece ever?
Eggless Chocolate Cake
To make an Eggless Chocolate Cake you would have to swap the eggs for some mashed bananas or applesauce. A few tips
Add a little extra time when beating the butter and sugar so that the mixture gets a little bit more airy (to replace that extra lightness from the missing eggs) When adding the dry ingredients to the batter, mix them all together and fold them in carefully a little bit at a time so that you don’t remove all the air. Don’t be tempted to add extra raising agents as this will result in the cake collapsing. Make sure you let the cake cool on a wire rack to avoid ending with a collapsed cake.
Ps if you are reading this post around Easter then Happy Easter to you. Go. Bake. This. Cake. Now. Thank you for reading my Chocolate Sponge Cake recipe post. And please come visit again as I continue dreaming up recipes, traditional African recipes, African fusion recipes, Sierra Leone recipes, travel plans and much more for you.
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