Help , cake ruined & need to make another by 2pm !!

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I'm making the cake for my Dbs birthday (7 today) I tried twice now & both have turned out flat despite following the recipe to the T .
please help I don't want to disspoint my Db .
Just a basic chocolate sponge recipe that will rise

Morning head, not sure what happened with your cake, i have a fab choc cake with i'm making today actually.

Grease 2 8inch tins.
Blend 50grms of cocoa powder with 6 tsp of boiling water to a paste, then in a bowl add all togther,3eggs,50mls of milk,175grms s/rflour,100grms butter,275grms caster sugar, mix till smooth, line and grease tins and cook for 25-30 mins on fan 160or gas 4 , thos is a lovely cake and never fails for me.

Head, i missed put 1tsp of baking powder too. Try and see how you get on and let me know.

Are you using self raising flour or plain plus baking powder?
I would use the latter instead.

Google delias all in one sponge and add some cocoa to it.
Get some fresh eggs, the fresher the eggs the lighter the cake.

Personally I'd try again another day to work out the problem. Pop out to Sainsburys-/Asda/Tesco etc. boys birthday cakes -£8. Done. No stress

There's a great chocolate cake recipe on the BBC good food website.

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2303680/chocolate-owl-cake

It's actually surprisingly easy to make, but even if you don't want to decorate it as they suggest, the basic chocolate cake recipe is delicious. Good luck with your cake!

Thanks everyone, I don't actually live anywhere near a supermarket else I would .

nanny Thanks ill try your recipe

Nanny I did your recipe & it still didn't rise

Is your oven wonky? baking powder out of date?
Are you creaming the fat and sugar until really fluffy before adding the other stuff?

Nope not wonky & creaming everything as it should be done

Sandwich the two flat cakes together, and enjoy. They are going to taste yummy compared to the £5 value tesco ones you can get.
Enjoy!

Otherwise, room temp eggs and fat, and beat the fat and sugar til pale, add in eggs, then SR flour, cocoa and a teaspoon baking powder. Try a slightly smaller tin, it often makes cakes look like they haven't risen if the tin is too big.

Betty Crocker chocolate sponge mix. Never fails!

I wonder if one of your ingredients is out of date. Flour has a very short shelf life, and if your baking powder is out of date, it won't work.

Hope you have something sorted by now!

Happy Db's birthday!

Managed to sandwich them together I just put a bit extra filling in

Thanks everybody

Oh head am so sorry i just made one too exactly the.same.recipe, it isnt a very light sponge abit more dense that normal but very chocolatey, in fact i made 4 sponge all.different flavours and 12 gf cupcakes , shattered now.

Oh head am so sorry i just made one too exactly the.same.recipe, it isnt a very light sponge abit more dense that normal but very chocolatey, in fact i made 4 sponge all.different flavours and 12 gf cupcakes , shattered now. And that recipe os Mary Berry's choc cake