MANDY’S CHOCOLATE CAKE
The absolute best, richest and easiest one-bowl chocolate cake recipe! It’s heavenly and made by combining EVERYTHING in a food processor…and within just over an hour…”Bob’s your Uncle”!.
Bob’s your uncle (sometimes elaborately Robert’s your father’s brother) is a commonly used expression mainly in Britain, Ireland and Commonwealth nations. Typically, someone says it to conclude a set of simple instructions to mean, “and there you have it,” or “you’re all set.” For example, “To make a ham sandwich, just put a piece of ham between two slices of buttered bread, and Bob’s your uncle.” wikipedia.org/
INGREDIENTS
200g butter, softened
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3 eggs
200g dark chocolate, melted
1 1/2 cups self-raising flour
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
1/2 cup milk
220ml thickened cream, whipped
Chocolate icing
1/3 cup thickened cream
200g dark chocolate, chopped
METHOD
1. Preheat oven to 170°C. Grease and line base and side of 22cm (base) springform cake pan. Combine butter and sugar in food processor using the processing blade. Process until combined. Add eggs one at a time, process until combined. Add melted chocolate and process, scrapping down sides as required. Add the flour, cocoa powder and milk. Us the pulse button in short bursts until combined.
2. Spoon cake batter into cake pan and smooth the surface. Bake for 50-60 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Stand for 10 minutes in pan before releasing the side. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
3. Use a serrated knife to cut the cake in half. Place the base onto a cake stand or serving plate. Spread with whipped cream. Sandwich together with cake top.
4. For the icing, combine the cream and chocolate in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Cook, stirring with a metal spoon until melted and smooth. Pour warm icing over the cake, allowing it to drizzle down the sides. Stand 15 minutes to allow icing to set.
LICK YOUR LIPS!!!!!!
SEAT OF MY SOUL 
September 15, 2010 at 8:17 pm
looks yummy. 🙂
September 16, 2010 at 6:38 am
Come over for coffee 🙂 🙂 xx
September 15, 2010 at 8:21 pm
I can almost smell it 😀
xxx
September 16, 2010 at 6:39 am
Come over for coffee 🙂 xxx
September 15, 2010 at 8:22 pm
And I will always love chocolate cake..! I am going to make one (I’ve been promising myself for weeks) tomorow for sure! Thanks for the recipe, Amanda. xxx
September 16, 2010 at 6:39 am
Let me know how it went…yummy!!! 🙂
September 15, 2010 at 9:00 pm
I love chocolate cake…and this one looks great…that chocolate glaze looks perfect!x
September 16, 2010 at 6:41 am
Want to come over for coffee? Mwah xx
September 15, 2010 at 11:22 pm
Oh…you almost made me want to start eating desserts again…’I shall not be moved.’ 😉
September 16, 2010 at 1:31 am
REALLY?!?!?!? Whatever made you STOP having desserts in the first place!??!
September 16, 2010 at 6:45 am
I don’t have a sweet tooth either Charles but it’s nice to see your friends enjoy it. Give my something savoury any day!! xx
September 16, 2010 at 1:13 am
Yum! I love chocolate cake – but, it’s only 8am here… 😦
September 16, 2010 at 1:32 am
hehehe… Ruth, time and chocolate have NO correlation whatsoever! Well.. not for me 😉
September 16, 2010 at 7:00 am
Have it for breakfast lol 🙂 Hugs x
September 16, 2010 at 1:30 am
yummm.. SMACK!!
I love chocolate cake.. i like ANYTHING that has chocolate in it! 😀 Cuz I looooooooooove chocolate..
If it’s a cake, it had better be a chocolate cake ! So now you KNOW what to gimme on my birthday!! 😉
September 16, 2010 at 7:04 am
Wanna come for tea? Mwah xxx Always darling xx
September 16, 2010 at 2:26 am
Hey, this looks delicious! And chocolate, comfort food, cake, comfort food! Why must comfort food land on my hips and stay there? When I am overcome with temptation, I shall remember where to find this recipe. I love chocolate cake and this one is special. Thank you for sharing, Amanda, my dear friend…Blessings xxoo
September 16, 2010 at 7:08 am
I am not a sweet tooth person at all but always nice to see your friends enjoy it…and so true, my favourite saying :- Lick your lips…goes to your hips!! Sigh!! Love you my friend xxx
September 16, 2010 at 2:43 am
This looks heavenly delicious and very rich like the Mississippi Mud Cake I made yesterday for one of my daughter’s (17th) birthday. It is a very rich cake with so much sugar , cocoa and margarine/shortening, you could go into diabetic shock from it probably. But we are not diabetic and she requested it, so of course I made it for her with love as the main ingredient! Thanks for sharing, Amanda! 🙂 xoxoxoxoHearrtspell
September 16, 2010 at 7:13 am
Congratulations to your daughter!!! Your comment made me laugh but it is awesome to read “with love as the main ingredient”…cannot agree more, no other love compares to love for our children!!! Hugs to you my friend xxx
September 16, 2010 at 9:06 am
Ooooh that looks delicious. Not a good idea for me to be reading blogs at this time of night. I am hungry now and its 1am hehe. Hugs xx
September 17, 2010 at 12:11 pm
Thanks Colleen, am hopping over to see you soon too. And no, not a good idea to crave chocolate cake at 1am in the morning HMMMMMMM!!! Hugs my friend xx
September 16, 2010 at 4:33 pm
Sinfully Divine- I can’t wait to invite myself over- yummy treat…..
xox
September 17, 2010 at 12:22 pm
You’re always welcome 🙂
September 16, 2010 at 7:08 pm
am definitely giving this one a shot!
September 17, 2010 at 12:23 pm
If you lived closer, you could come over for coffee 🙂 xx
September 16, 2010 at 7:43 pm
Ooh, too enticing! Dave bought us a chocolate cake from a home industry shop yesterday…delicious, but between you I’m thinking I should be doing it myself 😀
September 17, 2010 at 12:35 pm
Time is mostly of the essence for me…but now and again I try!! It is very moist and oh so yummy!! Mwah xx
September 17, 2010 at 12:36 pm
BTW…makes me very happy to see your beautiful smiling icons here!! xx
September 18, 2010 at 4:48 am
“Bob’s your uncle.” I love it. I’m a great fan of English cozys (mystery stories) and got my intro there. Never thought of applying it to a recipe! Wonderful …
That photo is making me salavate … bet this is wonderful.
xx
September 18, 2010 at 3:28 pm
Ditto:) xxx
September 20, 2010 at 8:59 pm
This looks simply gorgeous!!!! I am not usually a dessert person, but I love chocolate and would happily eat a huge chunk of this cake…preferably hot with ice cream – yum, yum! I’d be in heaven!!! 🙂 xx
September 21, 2010 at 11:17 am
I am not a dessert person either…more a savoury fan!! But the way you described it, mannnnnnnnnn, my mouth is watering!! Heaven for sure!! And it’s not even noon yet!! Mwah xx