Best Chocolate Cake Express Recipes

EXPRESS CHOCOLATE ESPRESSO BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°; prepare 12-cup Bundt pan using butter and flour or Baker's Joy; set aside.
• Add cake mix and pudding mix to a bowl; mix for 30 seconds on low speed.
• Add the remaining ingredients; mix at medium speed for 4 minutes; pour batter into pan.
• Bake for 50-60 minutes or until a pick comes out clean.
• Let cool in pan for 10 minutes; then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
• The glaze: combine the powdered sugar, coffee, and espresso powder in a small bowl; beat until smooth.
• If glaze is not pourable, add a bit more coffee; if it is too thin, add a little more powdered sugar.
• Brush or spoon the glaze over the cake while it is still warm.

CHOCOLATE CAKE EXPRESS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 190 C / 375°F.
• Grease and flour a 20 cm cake tin.
• Combine the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt.
• Make a well in the centre of the mixture, and add the vanilla essence, vinegar and oil, then gradually stir in the water.
• Continue stirring until thoroughly blended, but do not over-mix.
• Pour all of the batter into the cake tin, and bake, uncovered, for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the centre of the cake, comes out clean.
• Do not over bake, the secret to this cake is its moistness.
• Cool in the tin on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then transfer the cake from the tin to the rack, to cool completely.
• Sift the icing sugar over the top, and serve.