Iggy's Bday Cake

I baked this cake for Iggy's 2nd birthday. Yono's mom and cousins (Martin and Anes) decorated the cake with ready-to-roll fondant :)

P.S. You can reduce the amount of sugar used, but be careful coz the dark choc is pretty bitter, especially for little ones, so you need sugar to sweetened it. For adults, you can add a taste of kahlua/ baileys when mixing the coffee mixture :)










INGREDIENTS:
200g good quality dark chocolate , about 60% cocoa solids
200g butter , cut in pieces
1 tbsp instant coffee granules
85g self-raising flour
85g plain flour
1⁄4 tsp bicarbonate of soda
200g light muscovado sugar
200g golden caster sugar
25g cocoa powder
3 medium eggs
75ml buttermilk (5 tbsp)

HOW TO:
1. Butter a 20cm round cake tin (7.5cm deep) and line the base
2. Preheat the oven to 160 degree celcius
3. Break the chocolate into smaller pieces and place it into a pan
4. Add the butter into the pan
5. Mix the instant coffee granules into 125 ml cold water and pour the mixture into the pan also
6. Heat the pan and mix until everything is melted (don't overheat)
7. While the chocolate is melting, mix the two flours, bicarbonate of soda, sugars and cocoa in a big bowl, mixing with your hands to get rid of any lumps
8. Beat the eggs in a separate bowl and stir in the buttermilk
9. Pour the melted chocolate mixture and the egg mixture into the flour mixture, stirring just until everything is well blended and you have a smooth, quite runny consistency
10. Pour this into the tin and bake for 1 hour 25- 1 hour 30 minutes - if you push a skewer in the centre it should come out clean and the top should feel firm
11. Leave to cool in the tin (don't worry if it dips slightly), then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely
12. Decorate the cake