everything you could ever want chocolate cake

hello! the weather today is making me want to stay inside, drink many cups of tea (I had three before 10am, oh dear) and make extra delicious baked goods. I wanted to make something to reflect the weather outside being drizzly, grizzly and just plain chilly. also, i thought it would be perfect to our girls night in tomorrow and there is nothing better than watching 80s john hughes teen movies with something uber chocolatey!

I found this recipe from like a strawberry milk (which I love to read and pretend that I can decode her beautiful french) where it was called' le cake tres chocolat' (the very chocolate cake). I called it 'everything you could ever want chocolate cake' since it tastes like the darkest, fudgiest chocolate cake, takes about two minutes to mix together and you only have two bowls (and a little saucepan) to wash up! it was lovely with another cup of tea haha!

everything you could ever want chocolate cake
adapted from like a strawberry milk

1 1/3 cups (200g) plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup (50g) cocoa powder
1 1/4 (275g) sugar
180g dark chocolate
1/2 cup (125g) vegetable oil
1/2 cup (125ml) buttermilk
2 free range eggs
1/2 cup (125ml) boiling water

syrup
1 tsp cocoa powder
1/2 cup (125ml) water
1/2 cup (110g) sugar

Preheat your oven to 160ºC fan forced. Prepare a loaf tin and ensure that the baking paper extends over the sides (this will help you lift the cake out at the end)

In a large bowl sift together the dry ingredients.

Melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl and mix in the oil, buttermilk and eggs.

Add the chocolate mixture to the dry ingredients and stir until smooth. Slowly incorporate the boiling water until you have a velvety smooth batter. Pour into prepared tin and bake for 40
minutes until cooked.

Make the chocolate syrup by combining all ingredients in a little saucepan and heat for 3-5 minutes until slightly thickened.

Pierce the cooked cake with a skewer to make little syrup holes and pour the syrup as evenly over the cake as possible. Allow the cake to cool in it's tin before using the baking paper 'handles' to lift it out. enjoy!