Bento Chocolate Cake

Name: Bento Chocolate Cake
Total time: 1500 s
Yield: Yield 2 5-inch or 1 6-inch cake
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 90 g AP flour; 20 g cocoa powder; 1/4 tsp bicarbonate soda; Pinch salt; 75 g butter; 150 g sugar; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 large egg; 80 ml buttermilk; 60 ml hot water

Bianca Mwale @bianca_eatsy

Zomba, Malawi

For small celebrations like Valentine’s Day, I love making bento-sized cakes in different flavors for my partner and I. They are no doubt the perfect little treat to share without going overboard. This one is a chocolate bento cake, filled with chocolate-flavoured Finowhip (a powdered frosting that’s whipped with cold water or milk into a light, creamy filling). #CookpadApron2026

Bianca Mwale @bianca_eatsy

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Ingredients

25 minutes

Yield 2 5-inch or 1 6-inch cake

90 gAP flour
20 gcocoa powder
1/4 tspbicarbonate soda
Pinchsalt
75 gbutter
150 gsugar
1 tspvanilla extract
1large egg
80 mlbuttermilk
60 mlhot water

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Steps

25 minutes

1

Preheat oven to 180 C. Line two 5” round cake tins and set aside
2

Sift together the flour, cocoa powder, soda and salt
3

In a separate mixing bowl, cream butter, sugar and vanilla using an electric mixer on medium speed until creamy. Beat in the egg just until combined
4

Add dry ingredients, buttermilk, and hot water to the creamy mixture. Beat on low speed just until combined and smooth
5

Pour batter into prepared tins. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean
6

Let cake cool for 5 minutes in the pan then transfer it to a wire rack to cool completely
7

Frost with whipping cream, buttercream, cream cheese, or enjoy as is! I used whipped cream on mine. I doubled the recipe to make two bento cakes, decorated one with red icing and a topper abd the other with a topper and food grade gold leaf in my preferred designs
8

Enjoy