Preheat the oven to 180 c.
Bar one chocolate cake recipe.
125g unsalted butter 1 cups sifted icing sugar cup cocoa powder 5 ml vanilla essence.
250ml buttermilk or plain unflavoured yoghurt.
Grease and line a 22 cm loose bottomed cake tin spoon in cake mixture.
Add the eggs milk oil and vanilla mix for 2 minutes on medium speed of mixer.
Add the remaining ingredients and beat again until combined.
Add eggs 1 at a time beating with electric mixer on low speed after each addition until well blended.
Sift the dry ingredients and add alternately with buttermilk to creamed mixture.
Bake in a preheated oven at 180 c for about 60 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350 f.
Stir until chocolate is completely melted.
Cream butter and sugar together.
Or until butter is melted.
Stir in the boiling water last.
Grease and line two 20cm sandwich tins with baking parchment.
Alternately add sifted ingredients with yogurt to the creamed mixture.
The icing is a mixture of cream cheese powdered sugar granulated sugar and whipped topping.
The recipe calls for chocolate bars with almonds such as hershey s milk chocolate bars with almond but if you prefer you can opt for plain chocolate bars for a nut free cake.
Put the cocoa powder and boiling water into a large bowl and mix well to make a paste.
Allow cake to stand for a few minutes before removing from tin.
Sift all your dry ingredients add bar one chunks to this.
This can also be done in a food processor but take care not to over whisk.
3ml bicarbonate of soda.
Microwave chocolate and butter in large microwaveable bowl on high 2 min.
Bake in a pre heated oven of 180 c for about 1 hour.
Add eggs one at a time beating well after each addition until light and creamy.
Batter will be thin.
Spoon into a greased and lined 24cm loose bottomed cake pan.
Sift flour baking powder bicarb and salt together and add alternately with buttermilk to.
Method mix cocoa powder and water until smooth and set aside to cool slightly.