Chocolate Soured Cream Cake

Name: Chocolate Soured Cream Cake
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: European, French, Mediterranean
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons cocoa powder; 4 oz (110 g) self-raising flour, sifted; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 4 oz (110 g) golden caster sugar; 2 large eggs; 4 oz (110 g) very soft butter; 1 tablespoon milk; 5 oz (150 g) dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids); 5 fl oz (150 ml) soured cream; a few walnut halves or toasted chopped hazelnuts, to decorate

Instructions

Cook:30min

This is for people who don’t like things too sweet but, that said, if you do, add a tablespoon of sugar to the filling. The Delia Online Cookery School: Fond of chocolate? Why not take a look at our Chocolate Cakes video, just press the recipe image to play

Updated at: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 13:26:52 GMT