Recipe: Nigela's Old Fashioned Chocolate Cake

Step 1

Allow all ingredients to warm up to room temperature.

Step 2

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Step 3

Put all the cake ingredients: flour, sugar, baking powder and soda, cocoa, butter, eggs, vanilla, and sour cream into a food processor and process until you have a smooth, thick batter. Scraping down the sides so that everything is mixed smoothly.

Step 4

Divide this batter, using a rubber spatula to help you scrape and spread, into the prepared tins.

Step 5

Bake until a cake tester comes out clean, which should be about 35 minutes, but it is wise to start checking at 25 minutes. Also, it might make sense to switch the 2 cakes around in the oven halfway through cooking time.

Step 6

Allow the cakes to cool completely. Don't worry about any cracks as they will easily be covered by the frosting later.