STEP 1 In a bowl, combine flour, cocoa, sugar, vanilla essence and melted butter. We are having another couple over for dinner and I would like to make a half recipe in a 6-inch springform pan. Bake for 30-35 minutes until the cake meets the toothpick test (stick a toothpick in and it comes out clean). I’m also cutting out a small circle in the top layer and inserting a shot glass to hold my spray of flowers in some H20 to stay fresh and so they won’t take over the entire top of the cake – I think my family is going to want to eat that frosting!
When I turned the cake upside down, the middle broke apart and it seemed like it hadn’t fully baked (and was very airy”). I was quite different from most cake recipes I’ve used before and came out different too: very light …