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Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal597
  • fat43g
  • saturates25g
  • carbs51g
  • sugars32g
  • fibre1g
  • protein5g
  • salt0.74g
    low
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Method

  • step 1

    Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Lightly grease 2 x 23cm loose-bottom cake tins and line with a circle of baking parchment. Beat together the butter and sugar until pale and creamy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well between each addition, then add the baking powder, cocoa and a third of the flour. Mix well to combine, then stir in half the soured cream. Alternating between adding the flour and soured cream, mix everything until just combined. Spoon into the prepared tins, then smooth over the surface with a spoon.

  • step 2

    Bake for 30 mins or until the cakes are firm to touch and a skewer inserted into the centres comes out clean. Leave to cool in the tins for 5 mins, then turn out onto a rack and cool completely.

  • step 3

    When you’re ready to serve, whip the double cream with 2 tbsp Dulce de leche until soft peaks form. Place 1 cake on a serving plate and spread with half the cream, then drizzle over the remaining Dulce de leche. Top with the other cake, then spread the remaining cream on top. Sprinkle with the chocolate. Chill until ready to serve.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2009

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A star rating of 4.4 out of 5.36 ratings

Chloejeanfuller

A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Made this as a birthday cake and the texture is much more like a brownie then a sponge cake, also not much cream to frost the cakes with following these measurements, I would double up personally... or maybe bake in a smaller tin to give a deeper sponge.

ecollins

A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Nice cake flavour wise and easy to make. I found the cake itself a bit on the heavy side though. There is a similar sponge for a birthday cake on BBC Good Food too which is make with Natural Yoghurt and for some reason it makes a much nicer lighter sponge.

codeswitcher18

I made this for a colleague's 30th birthday and it disappeared within one cake session! The sponges are a little denser than I am used to making for normal chocolate cake, but that makes it more like chocolate fudge cake consistency - and it's delicious!!! Make sure you don't do what I first did,…

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Kerry Vidler

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

I made this cake for our "Afternoon Tea" themed meeting at the Clandestine Cake Club... Once I had finished making it, it looked delicious and on route in the car it toppled over and the cream on top got stuck to the top of my lid etc and when I got it out it was broken and didn't look appetising at…

ceciliafranlund

A star rating of 2 out of 5.

uugh! I did not like this recipe! I was supposed to bake this cake for my mother-in-law's birthday, Beeing a perfectionist I followed the recipe and measured everything accordingly to the recipe. I baked it for 30 minutes at set temperature and it was no where near done! It took 60 minutes for it to…

JFeilder

I dont understand this. My cake was done to perfection 30 mins at 160 fan oven.

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