Today was one of those days when, from the minute I got up, I just really, really fancied a good chocolate cake. My most favourite chocolate cake in the whole world has got to be Nigella’s old-fashioned chocolate cake from ‘Feast’, and in that same vein I remembered Mannix’s ‘Coco, the burlesque wonder cake’. Coco contains soured cream in the cake and frosting as does Nigella’s cake. I need that touch of acidity provided, to cut through the sweet chocolate.
You can find the recipe for coco at Mannix’s Lovebite a fantastic site, full of recipes which just call to be made and loved.
Coco is fantastic – sweet, yielding, gorgeous! I loved the way that both cake and frosting are whizzed up in the processor (not together of course!)
Where’s the recipe from? Mannix’s ‘The Lovebite’ site
Marks out of 10? 9
Would I make it again? Oh, yes, yes, please!!
At Anna’s Kitchen Table 
Oh it looks fab! That icing, oh yum 🙂
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Gorgeous, mouthwatering pic! Well done Anna and Mannix!!!
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There you are! LOLLooks beautiful. I’ve never made Coco. Methinks I need a good spanking from Mannix for that bad behavior. ;)xoxoIlana
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It looks to die for! You just know a cake is going to be good when the recipe calls for sour cream. Nice photo!Lea x
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Oh wow! It looks so luscious!
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That looks absolutely delicious! I’m going to check out the love bite asap!!
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WOW! That looks gorgeous, i’m going too make it tomorrow.
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Mmmmm, lovely! I also need a hint of sour in my chocolate frostings, to make it less tooth-achingly sweet 😉 I need to give this a go soon!
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Anna when you make the Old Fashioned Chocolate cake, does it come out to be a short cake for you? I just saw Nigella make it on YouTube and it sure was a lot thicker than the one I made and used all brand new ingredients. I mean it taste awesome, but it looks so skinny.Anyway, your cake looks fab. Good for you! Now come on an join in more at Nigella.com. I miss you there and the rest of the oldies.Sarah
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Sarah, I guess it is quite a slim cake now that I think about it. But by the time it’s layered with filling and frosting it gains in height!:-)
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that frosting looks to die for. nicee!i love using sour cream in cakes too. they give it such a lovely, cake-ier texture.
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