Double Hershey's Chocolate Cake

This cake was the base cake used for my daughter : Melody birthday cake.




Yields a 8 inch diameter, 2 inch height cake
Ingredients
250g butter(SCS Salted Butter)
220g Cake flour
4 eggs(room temperature)
130g light brown sugar
150g Hershey Bittersweet Chocolate chips
70ml Hershey's Chocolate Syrup

Method
1. Leave butter out to melt till very soft.
2. Whip in a mixer bowl with sugar till creamy and light.
3. Add eggs, at a time to beat till well mixed.
4. Add chocolate syrup, chocolate chips and whip till the mixture turns brown.
5. Switch off the cake mixer, add flour and fold in evenly.
6. Pour into cake pan and bake in preheated oven 180C for 35 to 40 mins.
7. Leave it to cool in the heated oven for a further 10 mins before removing it.
8. Remove from cake pan, decorated as you wish.

Notes
Best to leave the cake out for 48 hours. The taste is better.

thanks Gina, will try it out soon!

The recipe sounds yummy. I love chocolate so........ as soon as I get my hands on some Hershey's chocolate syrup, I too will try it out.

yeah it sounds yummy.

yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmm!
chocolate! my favourite!
thanks Gina for sharing. can't wait to try this soon..aiyo..so much things to try doing, so little time..sigh

Just want to say that I baked this recipe again. This time into a mini cupcake for a end Term class party in my daughter's school. Easier to manage , no need to walk around with a knife! Baking time reduced to 20 minutes only. Same temperature.

Hi Gina !!.. Thanks for sharing .. Will try your recipe once i have time hehe ...

You did mention that the cake will taste better if u leave it out for 48 hrs, meaning leaving it at room temperature before decorating ? ....

Hello Gina,

When you use the SAME recipe in cupcakes, do the cakes leave the cups after they cool down?

I always seem to have this problem so it would be nice to hear from you. I know that have been endless discussions on this topic already but still I could not find a solution.

tks.

margaret

Hi Gina.. thanks for sharing.. timing couldn't be better cuz I have a bottle of Hershey's Choc Syrup just sitting there (bought 2 bottles as it was on sale... .. ) echoing panpan, I would also like to know whether to leave the cake for 48 at room temp/fridge and if we need to cling wrap it.. Thanks

Hi Gina thanks for the recipe. I too have a bottle of hershey's syrup in the fridge. Should try this wkend.

I think the butter cake should be left at room temp as the the choc chips will harden if chilled and will crumble when we cut the cake?

hi all,

I left the cake to cool in room temperature for 48 hours before serving. Somehow, the cake turns a bit moist inside. I don't know if the weather plays a part. I just cover the cake with normal wire net kind of basket(sorry, don't know what that thing is called!). the basket is the one we use to cover our cooked food to prevent the flies to 'squat' on it.

For the cupcakes, I just pack it into cake boxes immediately. The next day(which was this morning), my daughter just bring the whole box to school.

Thanks, Gina for sharing with us! It sounds divine, will have to try this recipe soon.

Margaret Ban wrote:Hello Gina,

When you use the SAME recipe in cupcakes, do the cakes leave the cups after they cool down?

I always seem to have this problem so it would be nice to hear from you. I know that have been endless discussions on this topic already but still I could not find a solution.

tks.

margaret

But your butter cupcakes were good, never left the sides of papercups If you were referring to other recipes of yours, just tryo to find another recipe if it continue giving you problem at every single attempt.

Hi! finally got round to trying out this recipe today. Sad to say it was major disappointment for me. Other than the butter I followed the recipe but the texture wasn't cakey it was more like pudding.. no crumbs. Is it supposed to be that way.. or did i miss something?

Pudding? Means its under baked. The cake is firm. Good for fondant decorations. Recently I taught this in class for a birthday cake decoration. Student loved the hershey's flavour.