Which Nigella Chocolate Cake Recipe?

[Catinabox21]

The old fashioned chocolate cake or chocolate fudge? Planning on doing one for Easter. Thanks!

The chocolate fudge cake is amazing. Tastes fantastic and it's structurally 'solid' enough to take a decent amount of decoration as well - it's a favourite of mine when doing big celebration cakes that I want to be able to decorate without worrying about it collapsing or flattening.

Sounds ideal, thank you!

Also consider her Guinness cake - it's moist, chocolatey and always a hit with my friends and family.

Chocolate orange cake.

Does it taste of Guinness ?

Honestly she is the queen of chocolate cakes, the one where you use sour cream in the cake and icing is amazing but I second PP's recommendation of the chocolate guinness cake, its divine!

No, it doesn't, although that's an ingredient - but it looks like Guinness, with the cream cheese icing :)

I can confirm the Guinness cake is excellent, a firm favourite here and very easy. I made it quite recently for St Patrick’s Day so thought I’d give one of the others a whirl!

Her quadruple chocolate loaf cake is the best to throw another option into the mix.

Malteser…..

I agree - my absolute favourite I think!

Is the Guinness cake too strong for young children?

Old fashioned is my go to. I never have sour cream so use yoghurt.

No - a subtle malty taste rather than stout. My young DC love it!

The sour cream cake is the best. It’s such a reliable and delicious one.

The chocolate gingerbread is lush for autumn

Malteser.

But also Guinness- but icing has fresh cream so will go runny in the heat.

I always make the old fashioned one for birthday cakes as its easy, always rises and keeps well. I've done it with the recipe icing, ganache, butter cream and cut into a dinosaur and covered in fondant.

The guinness cake is amazing though.