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Oh, helloooo, you utterly delicious recipe that I just cannot get enough of already. Honestly, this chocolate school cake is a little life-changing for me, because I am just obsessed and I would like to eat it all day every day! <\/p>\n
As always, this was a recipe that had been endlessly requested, so here it is! It’s a yummy chocolate version of the ever classic school cake recipe that is already on my blog <\/p>\n
Now I have nearly 700 recipes on my blog, and many many more in my first book<\/a> and second book<\/a>, but classic bakes often win out above anything and I cannot blame you for that. There is something about the simplicity and classic flavours that will just give you a whack of nostalgia and it’s all you want to eat. <\/p>\n I am all for so many delicious recipes and baking ideas, but there is something about what you used to eat when you were younger, such as the classic school cake<\/a>, butterfly cupcakes, jammy coconut cake<\/a>, rhubarb, and custard-themed bakes and so on – they are all just so scrumptious. <\/p>\n This beauty comes under the ever-amazing category of school-related bakes from your past, that you will want to recreate asap. <\/p>\n The cake is simple as always as it should be; it’s basically a chocolate victoria sponge-style recipe because that’s all you need to create something this good. It comes under the idea of a classic bake for me where you don’t need anything fancy at all, and it’s often ingredients that are already in the cupboard. <\/p>\n I tend to cream my butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, and then add the other ingredients. Some people do the all-in-one method, but I find this can be risky because if your butter is too cold for example, you could end up with a split mixture or lumps of butter throughout the mix which is then hard to fix.<\/p>\n For a cake like this, it’s not small… but that’s okay, as it’s only one layer! I use a classic 9×13″ traybake tin<\/a> because it’s the ideal size, and the amount of cake mix is ideal. <\/p>\n You never want a cake like this to be in too small a tin as the cake slices are going to be too deep, whereas the 9×13″<\/a> is perfection. <\/p>\n You want to bake the cake until there is no cake mix on a skewer that you poke into the middle of a cake so that you know it’s not going to sink or anything once taken out of the oven. Another method to test if you are still unsure is to listen to the cake; if it’s making a bubbling or crackling sound, it still needs a bit longer in the oven. <\/p>\n When I was originally making this cake, it didn’t have icing… and that may be what some people are expecting. I found when it came to a chocolate school cake, some had it plain with the chocolate custard as that is often enough, but others had a simple icing. <\/p>\n I decided to do a chocolate school cake recipe WITH icing so if you want to make it, you can, or you can just leave it off. It’s such a simple icing though it’s worth trying as it’s just so so SO easy to make! <\/p>\n A normal water icing consists of icing sugar and water, and that’s it. I use the addition of cocoa powder<\/a> to make a rich and delicious-looking icing that is still sweet and tasty, with a sprinkling of sprinkles all over of course. Let this set somewhat, and then portion and enjoy. <\/p>\n So when it comes to custard, you can 1000000% cheat and buy a shop-bought custard – we don’t judge here at Jane’s Patisserie (sometimes, you just don’t have the time to make something from scratch and that is totally okay. <\/p>\n An easy way to make a chocolate custard is to buy a shopbought custard whether it’s a fresh one from the chilled aisle, or a long-life custard is to heat it up in a pan, and add chopped chocolate! You can let the chocolate melt into the custard and it leaves it thick and delicious. <\/p>\n If you want to make your own, however, this custard is so easy to achieve and I make it so often now.<\/p>\n So after all of that, you should be able to make a deliciously easy chocolate school cake with no worries (but as always, any questions? leave them below in the comments!). <\/p>\n The most important thing with a bake like this, especially if you are involving your kids over the summer holidays, is HAVE FUN!!! Jane x<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.janespatisserie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Chocolate-SchoolCake1-2.jpg\")
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