Name: Chocolate slab cake with coffee icing recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: australian
Ingredients: 60.00 ml butter melted; 125ml milk; 250ml self-raising flour; 40.00 ml cocoa; 2 eggs; 1/2 tsp vanilla essence; 250ml caster sugar; 200g butter, softened; 375.00 ml icing sugar; 62.50 ml cocoa powder; 20.00 ml coffee

by Lindy Lawler Last updated on 11/28/2025

Make this delicious chocolate and coffee cake for afternoon tea. The cake is a simple, moist sponge and the icing is a delicious twist, giving it a lovely coffee flavour!

- Lindy Lawler

Ingredients

3 tbs butter melted
125ml milk
250ml self-raising flour
2 tbs cocoa
2 eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
250ml caster sugar

Chocolate coffee icing

200g butter, softened
1 1/2 cups icing sugar
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 tbsp coffee

Method

Step 1

Place all ingredients into a bowl. Beat with electric beater on high for 3 minutes.
Step 2

Pour mixture into a prepared tin and bake at 180 C for 25-30 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Cool completely.
Step 3

To make the icing, beat the butter until pale. Add coffee and beat until well-combined. Add cocoa and icing sugar and beat well. Spread over cake. Serve.