Cake disaster

[ChinaInYourHands]

I can't bake to save my life but I thought I'd be safe trying a recipe for a chocolate cake that is called Easy Chocolate Cake: www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/easy_chocolate_cake_31070
I have followed the instructions exactly (okay except I have not split the mixture into 2 tins, it's all in one tin). So why is it that after 40 minutes in the oven one half of the cake mixture has fallen on the bottom of the oven and the other half is still in the tin but completely liquid??

Is your oven hot enough? Don't keep opening the oven door for a peek! How runny was the mixture before going in the oven? It should just drop off a spoon in a blob. It shouldn't be runny enough to leak out of the tin. Also it will take longer to cook in one tin than if split in two. I have had many cake disasters over the years, don't despair! I can muster up a half decent cake now but am no expert! I feel your pain

I'm just embarrased at my 3 yr old dd's disappointed face...

Aw, why not rustle up some cornflakes cakes with smarties on the top, that'll cheer her up

your tin's not big enough??

How big was the tin you used

2oz butter
1oz sugar
2 tbsp golden syrup
1 tbsp cocoa powder OR 2 oz chocolate

Melt it all gently in a saucepan. Shake in 4oz cornflakes/rice crisipes. Dollop into cake cases and refrigerate

or eat it straight out of the pan like Piggy Pidj

I don't know how big the tin was, it's like a loaf size. I would have thought big enough... I wonder if I even have the skills to get it right with the cornflakes cakes!!!!

I think that was your problem then. A loaf tin was the wrong shape to cook that amount of mixture properly.

Don't be disheartened, have another go, another day, but get the right sized tin! It may be the only thing that you didn't follow in the recipe, but it's one of the most important. It's a science thing!

Ah science... that explains it all!!
Thank you all for your words of encouragement. I'll impress my DD one day...