chocolate sponge birthday cake and fillings?

[lilly153]

i no its probaly been asked loads but ive searched and cant find anything
im looking for a chocolate sponge suitable for making a novelty cake with and also recipies for ideal fillings for it
ive never made a cake in my life so simple but nice recipes
thank you in advance :)

If I was you I'd buy a nice plain chocolate cake and bung some bits on the top

Whats the theme?

fireman sam lols have found a few tutorials on making a fire engine on youtube so thought i would do a trial run first

lifes too short get one of these personalised and bung it on his (shop bought) cake

thanks for the advice but im actualy looking forward to it so will hang tight n hopefully somebody has some good recipes

OK will helpfully bump for you

I think that if you search Nigella, she gives a recipe with buttermilk (i think) that she reckons is good for kids cakes, not sure which book maybe How to Eat look on her website

V simple choc sponge cake:

Blend 2 tbsps cocoa and 4 tbsps hot water and leave to cool
Once cool, add 225g soft butter, 225g caster sugar, 225g s/r flour, 4 eggs, 2tsps baking powder and beat well (I use a mixer)
Divide between 2 8inch sandwich tins and cook for 30 mins at 160c

Although you'd prob need square tins!

Madeira cake works well if you are going to be 'carving' the cake into a shape as it contains slightly more flour which results in a firmer sponge. For fillings I use either vanilla or chocolate buttercream, chocolate ganache or just nutella.

Hi lilly153

Have a look at this thread over in food. Some fantastic ideas! x

thanks, some great recipe ideas. that thread looks great justabigkidatheart will defo be trying some of these over next few weeks to test them out
thank you all