Requires
  • 225 ml sunflower oil
  • 250 g caster sugar (+ a little bit for the cream)
  • 3 large eggs
  • 225 ml milk
  • 250 g self-raising flour
  • 4 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 1.5 tsp bicarb of soda
  • Jar of raspberry jam
  • 300 ml whipping cream
  • Icing sugar to dust
Instructions
  1. Line 2 round 20 cm/8 in cake tins with greaseproof paper.
  2. Mix together oil, milk, caster sugar, and eggs in a large bowl.




  3. Combine the dry ingredients in another vessel and gradually add the liquids to it, mixing until smooth.



  4. Divide between the two tins and bake for 35-40 min(??) until they pass the skewer test. Leave to cool in the tins for a little bit then transfer to a cooling rack (remove the paper while slightly warm)
  5. If possible, slice the two cake halves in half again to make 4 layers.
  6. Whip cream with a little bit of sugar until solid enough for a filling. Fill the layers with jam and cream.



  7. Dust with icing sugar.
Notes
  • My written notes had this listed as "world's most Slop batter but it's fine & tasty." It really is a LOT of oil. It does work though.
  • OG suggests adding frozen raspberries to the jam and mixing the jam in with the cream, but you could literally just use non-seedless jam and it's the same. Also, the first time i made this i used rasp jam and chocolate buttercream and it was pretty good.
  • Full batter amount can also be used to make exactly 24 cupcakes. Consider using 1/3 or 2/3 amounts.