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Home » Home Baking » Super Easy Chocolate Birthday Cake

Super Easy Chocolate Birthday Cake

Author: Karon Grieve Published : June 2013

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chocolate birthday cake

A birthday cake must suit the recipient, if she loves chcolate then it has to be a chocolate cake and you just have to go a bit over-the-top. This is especially true for children and teenagers.

chocolate birthday cake

It was over a week ago now that we celebrated Idgy’s birthday. Yes, my baby girl is now fifteen, I can’t believe this, it seems like only yesterday……… Of course, her birthday means cake and this year it had to be a chocolate cake.

It has to be chocolate cake

It had to be chocolate cake of course. Have we ever had a birthday cake here that hasn’t been this flavour when it comes to my girl? Last year I went for a sort of all out death by chocolate, pile it all on and scoff the lot look.

This time I was determined to add just a wee bit of sophistication to the chocolaty mass, oh I still had to have the basics, a triple layer cake with chocolate cream fillings and the fun things like chocolate fingers incorporated into the décor, but I decided to top the whole thing off with a mass of bright red juicy summer berries, a sprinkling of sparkly sugar and candles stuck into the strawberries instead of the usual plastic candle holders. The girls loved it, it tasted great, and best compliment of all was the tiny scattering of crumbs and sugar crystals where the cake had stood so proudly just half an hour before.

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Birthday parties

I feel blessed that her friends are such a good bunch. They are respectful and polite, fun, frivolous and creative. They love their comic characters, TV heroes and an odd assortment of music. Drawing, crafting, photos and doodling are the order of the day.

They arrived like a whirlwind of presents, sleeping bags, sweets and fun, and left with bleary eyes and carrying less baggage after clearing away all traces of the night before and leaving only the remnants of a party popper dangling from the light fitting.

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Yet more belated birthday wishes to my wonderful girl. Now here is the recipe for that lovely chocolate cake.

Love you loads.

Mum x

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Easy coconut lemon and ginger cake

Eton Mess Strawberry Sponge Cake

Buerre Noisette brown butter apple cake

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chocolate birthday cake

Birthday Chocolate Cake

Karon Grieve
An over-the-top chocolate cake with chocolate fingers, choccie shapes and topped with strawberries too
5 from 1 vote
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Prep Time 30 minutes mins
Cook Time 20 minutes mins
Total Time 50 minutes mins
Course baking
Cuisine British
Servings 10 people
Calories 273 kcal

Ingredients
 

  • 20 g milk chocolate
  • 20 g dark chocolate
  • 125 g butter softened
  • 125 g caster sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tbsp golden syrup
  • 125 g self-raising flour
  • 2 tbsp cocoa powder sifted

Filling and frosting

  • 125 g chocolate mix of milk and dark
  • 10 tbsp icing sugar
  • 3 tbsp butter
  • 3 tbsp Nutella

Decoration

  • Chocolate finger biscuits
  • Strawberries and raspberries
  • Melted chocolate to drizzle
  • Scattering of sparkly crystal sugar
  • Candles!
Metric – US Customary

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 190C/375F/Gas 5
  • Melt the chocolate in a double boiler or microwave and pour into a large bowl along with all the other cake ingredients and whizz together with your mixer until everything is well combined.
  • Divide the mixture into three small lightly greased baking tins, or use two 18cm/7” pans for a normal two layer cake. Bake for approximately 20 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean and the cake bounces back when you press it lightly in the centre.
  • Cool for 5 minutes before removing from tins and allowing to cool completely on a wire rack.
  • Melt the chocolate for the filling/topping (reserve a little for final decoration) and add it to a bowl along with the other ingredients and mix well to form a workable paste to your liking. Add more icing sugar as needed. Spread between layers of the cake and all over the assembled piece.
  • Chop ends off the chocolate finger biscuits so they are the correct height to stand around the side of the cake and press into place all around. Pile up the berries on top, drizzle with the remaining melted chocolate and scatter over the sugar, stick the candles straight into the strawberries.
  • Light the candles and sing your heart out!

Notes

This cake will keep for 2-3 days in an airtight container

Nutrition

Calories: 273kcalCarbohydrates: 46gProtein: 4gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 35mgSodium: 36mgPotassium: 142mgFiber: 2gSugar: 34gVitamin A: 77IUCalcium: 39mgIron: 1mg
My Top Tips*Always read the full recipe first. *Assemble all your ingredients and everything you need before you start. *For baking check the size of tins I’m using as this makes a big difference to your cakes. * I use medium sized eggs unless otherwise stated. * I use extra virgin olive oil unless otherwise stated. * I use unsalted butter unless otherwise stated. * Check out My Preserving Kit!
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Comments

  1. Sue says

    June 7, 2013 at 8:48 am

    It all looks absolutely wonderful. Your little girl is turning into a beautiful woman right before your eyes, and the magical part is that she’s sharing it all with you 🙂

    Reply
  2. nan says

    June 7, 2013 at 4:08 pm

    You out did yourself with the cake – it looks fabulous! Idgy is so adorable, cannot believe she is 15 either – didn’t she just turn 12?!? Please wish her a happy birthday from her American friend…and I hope she’s never too old for stuffed toys! xo, Nan

    Reply
    • Karon says

      June 11, 2013 at 5:16 pm

      Hi Nan
      Cake and stuffed toys, never too old, none of us!
      K x

      Reply
  3. Sarah says

    June 11, 2013 at 12:56 pm

    Hi Karon
    Just checking in after a very long absence from all blogging, cannot believe that Idgy is 15 and I echo what Nan says!! The cake looks amazing and I would love a birthday tea just like that – so much colour and fun in food form!
    Hope you are keeping well and all is good with you, am off to check through further
    Take care
    Sarah x

    Reply
    • Karon says

      June 11, 2013 at 5:14 pm

      Hi Sarah
      Great to hear from you again. I know it is hard to beleive that Idgy is now 15, seems like only yesterday………
      The cake was a lot of fun to make, I did love that chocolate topping with the strawberries, ate quite a few while decorating the cake.
      Don’t disapear again, you are missed!
      K x

      Reply
  4. Joan M Fanning says

    February 20, 2025 at 5:11 pm

    This cake looks delicious and I plan to make it for my chocolate loving granddaughter who is turning 14 in April.
    I’m certain she’ll love it

    Reply
    • Karon Grieve says

      February 24, 2025 at 10:14 am

      Hi Joan
      Hope you make the chocolate cake and that it goes down well with your granddaughter on her birthday.
      K

      Reply
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