Chocolate & Salted Caramel Cake

Name: Chocolate & Salted Caramel Cake
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Ingredients: 170 g caster/superfine sugar; 190 g self-raising/cake flour; 35 g cocoa; 170 g unsalted butter (softened); 2 eggs; 4 tbsp milk; 1/4 tsp baking powder; 1/4 tsp vanilla extract; 100 g chocolate chips (milk or dark); 80 ml double cream; 1/2 tsp sea salt; 1 tsp vanilla extract (for caramel); 160 g unsalted butter (softened, for icing); 200 g icing/confectioner's sugar; 125 g caster/superfine sugar (for caramel)

A simple chocolate cake with salted caramel and buttercream frosting.

1h 15m

Easy

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Ingredients

caster/superfine sugar 170 g

self-raising/cake flour 190 g

cocoa 35 g

unsalted butter (softened) 170 g

eggs 2

milk 4 tbsp

baking powder 1/4 tsp

vanilla extract 1/4 tsp

chocolate chips (milk or dark) 100 g

double cream 80 ml

sea salt 1/2 tsp

vanilla extract (for caramel) 1 tsp

unsalted butter (softened, for icing) 160 g

icing/confectioner's sugar 200 g

caster/superfine sugar (for caramel) 125 g

Instructions

Cook the cake

Preheat oven to 180˚C, 300˚F, gas mark 4. Line a rectangular tray. Add all of the ingredients, except choc chips, to a bowl and mix until smooth. It will take about 30 seconds with an electric mixer. Aim for a milk chocolate colour. Tip in the chocolate chips and give a quick beat to mix through.

Bake

Place the mixture into the prepared tray and use a spatula to smooth out evenly. Pop in the oven and cook until it springs back or a knife comes out clean. It will take about 30 minutes. Leave the cooked cake in its tray but place on a cooling rack until cold.

Make caramel

To make the caramel, add the sugar to 60ml water in a heavy bottomed saucepan. Put over a gentle heat until the sugar is dissolved. Do not stir! Once dissolved, increase the heat and bring to a boil. Keep your eye trained on the pan until the colour becomes light amber.

Finish caramel

Remove from the heat and add the cream. It will sputter but will calm down. Stir in the salt and vanilla extract and leave until cold.

Make icing

Put the icing sugar and butter in a bowl and mix together. It will look like it will never click, but keep going. The mixture will go from pale yellow and lumpy to white and smooth. It will take about 5 minutes in an electric mixer. Add 3/4 of the caramel and mix until combined.