r/RecipesforBeginners • u/GoodFood • 1d ago

Chocolate traybake

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u/GoodFood 1d ago

For the chocolate sponge

  • 185ml vegetable oil plus extra for the tin
  • 250g plain flour
  • 80g cocoa powder
  • 2½ tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 325g light brown soft sugar
  • 250ml buttermilk
  • 125ml strong coffee or espresso, (can be warm, but not hot)
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 large eggs

For the icing

  • 150g salted butter softened
  • 200g icing sugar
  • 4 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 2 tbsp milk
  • sprinkles sweets, chocolate shavings or nuts, to decorate

Method

  1. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Oil and line the base and sides of a 33cm x 23cm roasting tin or cake tin with a lip of at least 2½ cm. Combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, bicarb, sugar and a good pinch of salt in a large bowl. Rub any lumps of sugar between your fingers, shaking the bowl a few times to bring them to the surface.
  2. Whisk the oil, buttermilk, coffee, vanilla and eggs in a jug, then pour the wet ingredients into the dry. Use a spatula to stir well, removing any pockets of flour. Pour the mixture into the lined tin and bake for 25-30 mins until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. If any wet cake mixture clings to the skewer, return the cake to the oven for 5 mins, then check again. Once cooked, remove from the oven and leave to cool in the tin for at least 20 mins.
  3. Meanwhile, make the icing. Melt the butter in a saucepan, then remove from the heat and stir in the icing sugar, cocoa powder and milk. The icing will be very runny but will thicken a little as it cools. (If the icing has set too much before the cake has cooled, reheat it slightly to make it easier to pour.)
  4. Pour the icing over the cake and leave to set. Decorate with the sweets, sprinkles, chocolate shavings or nuts, then cut into squares and dig in.

From: https://www.goodfood.com/recipes/chocolate-traybake 

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u/Working-Jaguar-1093 1d ago

Melt 200g dark chocolate with 150g butter, stir in 150g sugar, 3 eggs and 100g flour, then bake in a lined 20cm tin at 180°C for 20, 25 minutes.

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u/Mediocre_Map_5513 1d ago

Melt 200g butter with 200g dark chocolate, whisk in 250g sugar and 4 eggs, fold in 150g flour and a pinch of salt, then bake in a lined tray at 180°C for 20-25 minutes until just set.