Good Morning!
I hope you are well!

Today I am going to be finally showing you the ins and outs of my Chocoholic's dream cake. I absolutely loved this cake and it's definitely one of my proudest bakes so far. I spent a good 3 hours preparing this cake, cooking it and then icing it to perfection, as I wouldn't stop until I was 100% happy with it. I will have to admit, I did get very frustrated while icing this cake as I decided to make it as our mini heat wave began here in the UK. However, the good old fridge definitely made it so much easier to handle!

If I could eat a cake for the rest of my life, I strongly believe it would be this one! It was just so delicious and fixed all of my chocolate cravings in one hit!

So, let's get too it!

You will need;
2 cups sugar
1 3/4 cups plain flour
96g cocoa powder
2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp baking powder
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup strong black coffee (I used 2 tbsp coffee)
1/2 cup vegetable oil

Heat your oven to 180 degrees celcius & grease two baking pans. To be honest, I use whatever size I fancy!
In a large bowl, combine all the dry ingredients and ensure they are mixed together well.
Add eggs, buttermilk, coffee, oil, and vanilla. Mix all of these together until smooth! The mixture will be runny.
Pour the batter evenly into your prepared tins (you can use scales if you want to be exact)
Baked in the oven for 40 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted into the middle of the cake.
Cool for ten minutes, then move to a cooling rack; leave to cool completely.
For the icing, you will need;