The very first recipe I ever made all on my own was this Easy Chocolate Cake recipe originally from my Great Nana. My Nan was an amazing cook and had a knack of creating delicious meals out of the most basic ingredients. My sister and I used to love watching her cook and would sit crossed legged on her kitchen table watching as she would do things like creaming butter and sugar using her hand.
I still enjoy making this recipe now, and it's always a big hit with the boys. When I first got my Thermomix, it was naturally one of the very first recipes that I converted.
Learn how to make this Easy Chocolate Cake in Thermomix here:
Easy Chocolate Cake
Learn how to make this easy chocolate cake in Thermomix here!
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Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 90 g butter
- 2 tablespoons of cocoa
- 2 eggs
- ½ teaspoon of vanilla essence
- 175 g of caster sugar
- 175 g of self raising flour
- ½ cup of milk
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 170 degrees (fan forced) and line the base of a loaf tin.
- Place the butter into Thermomix bowl and melt for 2 minutes at 65 degrees on speed 1.
- Sift the flour and cocoa into the Thermomix bowl and add the eggs, milk, sugar and vanilla essence before mixing for 20 seconds on speed 5 or until the mixture is smooth and has combined.
- Pour into the prepared cake tin and bake for 35 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Allow cake to cool in the tin for five minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Ice cake with a plain chocolate icing
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What was the first recipe you ever made on your own?
Bec says
Can i just double ingredients to make 2 cakes at same time?
Sorry, probably a silly question!
Lucy says
Yes you can!
Sarah says
Has anyone successfully frozen and defrosted this cake with icing ?
Thank you x
Lucy says
Yes! Absolutely! Just wrap it in a layer of plastic wrap then 1 layer of foil and place it in an airtight container in the freezer. xx
Sofia Lavelle says
This is the most amazing cake I've ever made! It is soooooo delicious. ??
Rebecca says
How many grammes is half a cup of milk? Txs
Lucy Mathieson says
125g xx
Kristine says
I’m looking forward to trying this!! What size tin do you use?
Lauren Matheson says
Hi Kristine! You can really use any type of tin with this recipe, just check it after 25 minutes or so 🙂
Tay says
That is an amazing chocolate cake recipe
Cathy says
Easy and came out perfect. Used a ring tin with base lined with baking paper. Rest of tin greased with butter.
Maggie says
This cake was simple, light and delicious! Thankyou.
Rebekah Brittain says
Do you have a link to the icing? 🙂
Lauren says
Hi Rebekah, it's not a thermomix recipe, but this is the one that I use.
http://createbakemake.com/2014/09/03/how-to-make-chocolate-icing-back-to-basics/
Dannielle@Zamamabakes.com says
Sweet Nana recipes are so very precious and priceless to have. I do love a good Nana chocolate cake.