Use this recipe to bake an 8-inch two-layer round cake, a 9x13-inch sheet cake, or 24 cupcakes. This chocolate spice cake is ...

Whisk a little of the beaten whites into the ... Level the surface of each cake; spread a layer of chocolate icing between each layer of cake and frost the outside of the cake with the remaining ...

Transfer the cakes to a rack and let cool completely. 4. Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, bring the cream to a simmer. Put the chocolate in ... of the pans and put one layer on a plate.

Grease a 23cm/9in springform cake tin with a little oil and line the base with ... A cake tester should come up mainly clean but with a few sticky chocolate crumbs clinging to it.

Grease and line 2 x 20cm/8in sandwich cake tins. Place the chocolate in a heatproof bowl ... whisk until pale and fluffy (this will take a little longer than when using caster sugar).

Baking a classic chocolate layer cake is harder than it looks, though ... If you don't have a flour sifter, you can use a fine mesh sieve, a whisk, or a fork. Each will require a little adjustment, ...