Malted chocolate cake

Name: Malted chocolate cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 8-10
Cuisine: British recipes
Ingredients: 30g malted chocolate drink powder, such as Ovaltine; 30g cocoa powder; 225g butter, softened, plus extra for greasing; 225g caster sugar; 225g self-raising flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 4 eggs; For the icing; 3 tbsp malted chocolate drink powder; 1½ tbsp hot milk; 125g butter, softened; 250g icing sugar, plus extra for dusting; 50g dark chocolate (at least 50 per cent cocoa solids), melted; 1 tbsp boiling water; About 20 Maltesers, to decorate

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Serves 8-10
Takes 20 min to prepare, 25-30 min to bake, plus cooling

Mary Berry’s malted chocolate cake recipe is made with a malted icing and topped with Maltesers. It’s a real crowd-pleaser and family favourite.

Or if you prefer orange with your chocolate, try Mary’s very best chocolate and orange cake.

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Ingredients

30g malted chocolate drink powder, such as Ovaltine
30g cocoa powder
225g butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
225g caster sugar
225g self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
4 eggs

For the icing

3 tbsp malted chocolate drink powder
1½ tbsp hot milk
125g butter, softened
250g icing sugar, plus extra for dusting
50g dark chocolate (at least 50 per cent cocoa solids), melted
1 tbsp boiling water
About 20 Maltesers, to decorate

30g malted chocolate drink powder, such as Ovaltine
30g cocoa powder
225g butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
225g caster sugar
225g self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
4 eggs

For the icing

3 tbsp malted chocolate drink powder
1½ tbsp hot milk
125g butter, softened
250g icing sugar, plus extra for dusting
50g dark chocolate (at least 50 per cent cocoa solids), melted
1 tbsp boiling water
About 20 Maltesers, to decorate

Method

You will need two 20cm round sandwich tins. Preheat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan/Gas 4 and grease the tins with butter and line the bases with baking paper.
Measure the malted chocolate drink powder and cocoa powder into a large bowl, pour over 2 tablespoons of water and mix to a paste. Add the remaining cake ingredients and beat until smooth.
Divide evenly between the prepared tins and bake in the oven for 20–25 minutes. Set aside in the tins to cool for 5 minutes, then turn out on to a wire rack to cool completely.
To make the icing, measure the malted chocolate drink powder into a bowl, add the hot milk and mix until smooth. Add the butter, icing sugar and melted chocolate and mix again until smooth, then add the boiling water to give a gloss to the icing.
Place one cake on a plate and spread over half the icing. Sandwich with the other cake and spread (or pipe) the remaining icing on top, using the tip of a rounded palette knife to create a swirled effect from the centre to the edge of the cake. Arrange the Maltesers over the top and dust with icing sugar before serving.

Method

You will need two 20cm round sandwich tins. Preheat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan/Gas 4 and grease the tins with butter and line the bases with baking paper.
Measure the malted chocolate drink powder and cocoa powder into a large bowl, pour over 2 tablespoons of water and mix to a paste. Add the remaining cake ingredients and beat until smooth.
Divide evenly between the prepared tins and bake in the oven for 20–25 minutes. Set aside in the tins to cool for 5 minutes, then turn out on to a wire rack to cool completely.
To make the icing, measure the malted chocolate drink powder into a bowl, add the hot milk and mix until smooth. Add the butter, icing sugar and melted chocolate and mix again until smooth, then add the boiling water to give a gloss to the icing.
Place one cake on a plate and spread over half the icing. Sandwich with the other cake and spread (or pipe) the remaining icing on top, using the tip of a rounded palette knife to create a swirled effect from the centre to the edge of the cake. Arrange the Maltesers over the top and dust with icing sugar before serving.

delicious. tips

The filling will remain soft and ready to use in a bowl covered with cling film for 2–3 days. The finished cake can be kept in an airtight container for up to a day.
Freeze the cake and icing separately, then defrost at room temperature and assemble when ready to serve.

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This recipe is by Mary Berry. Find out more about her at maryberry.co.uk

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Peta Bean says:
12th May 2015 at 10:58 am
Will this work just as well with gluten-free flour?
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1. Rebecca Brett says:
  12th May 2015 at 2:26 pm
  We haven’t tested the cake with gluten-free flour so can’t be 100% on the outcome but, with our knowledge, we predict that the end result wouldn’t have the same rise or texture as the original recipe.