Welcome to my blog! It has been a pretty hectic couple of months with the launch of Uttingly Scrumptious! As well as exploring the world of business I have been continuing my adventures in the world of cake creation.... sooooo many things to try and so little time! I am sure you all know what I mean! :)
I started trading on December 1st last year and since then my most popular product so far has been my chocolate sponge! It is a lovely, moist recipe and you can use it in cakes and cupcakes! Originally I started it with Ferraro Rochers in it (yes! Whole Ferraro Rocher chocolates inside the cupcake! Delicious!) and then I started using it for everything. The special moist-maker ingredient is buttermilk. Anyone who is American will have used this a lot...however, in England we don't really know it exists! But you can find it with the cream in the dairy aisle of any supermarket! :) Here is the recipe...
2 cups Plain Flour
2 cups caster sugar
1/2 cup cocoa (a really good type!)
2 tsp. bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups buttermilk
1 cup corn oil (you can use vegetable, but I prefer to use corn oil because it has no flavour)
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla essence
If you are going to use this for cupcakes make sure you only fill them just over half full because it rises a lot!
Sift the dry ingredients together and mix in a bowl. Mix the wet ingredients together in another bowl. Add the wet to the dry and mix on a high speed for 2 minutes until well combined.
Bake for about 15-20 minutes or until the tops are firm at 180C. Keep a close eye on them because you don't want to over-cook them and make them dry out.
The only problem I have with this recipe is that it rises in strange directions and I usually have to tidy the sponge up a bit if I use it for cupcakes. I was thinking of trying it with slightly less raising agent. If anybody has any ideas then please let me know!
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Happy baking!
Carrie-Anne
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