One Bowl Chocolate Cake with Mocha Buttercream

INGREDIENTS:

FOR THE SPONGE
350 g Butter or baking spread
350 g Caster sugar
6 Eggs large
2 tsp Orange extract
1 tbsp Milk
300 g Self raising flour
50 g Cocoa powder
1/2 tsp Baking powder

FOR THE BUTTERCREAM
250 g Butter or baking spread
450 g Icing sugar
50 g Cocoa powder
1 1/2 tbsp Milk
2 tsp Orange extract
FOR DECORATION
1 Terry’s Chocolate Orange
Orange sprinkles optional

DIRECTIONS:

Pre-heat your oven to 160C Fan/180C/350F/Gas Mark 4, and grease and line two 8″ cake tins
Make the sponge by mixing the butter and caster sugar in a large bowl with a spoon until fluffy, or mix using an electric mixer
Add the eggs, orange extract and milk, and whisk until fully incorporated
Add the self raising flour, cocoa powder and baking powder and whisk in until you can’t see any flour anymore
Divide the mixture between the tins, use scales for accuracy
Bake them for 30-35 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean. Leave them to fully cool either in the tins or remove from the tin and place on cooling racks …