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Chocolate Cake

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A great staple of many teas and school fetes this chocolate layer cake could be sandwiched together with jam and served without the topping.

Customer rating: Cake Cake Cake Cake Cake 2 customer reviews

Servings

Ingredients

200 g	Softened Butter
200 g	Caster Sugar
4	Eggs
1 tsp	Vanilla Extract
200 g	Self Raising White Flour
3 tbsps	Cocoa
3 tbsps	Milk
50 g	Butter
75 g	Icing Sugar
1 tbsp	Cocoa
50 g	Chocolate
25 g	Butter
1 tbsp	Golden Syrup

Method

Beat together the butter and sugar.
Beat in the eggs, vanilla extract, flour, cocoa and milk.
Divide the mixture between two oiled & lined 20cm/8”round tins.
Bake in a pre-heated oven for 20/25 minutes.
Cool the cakes on a wire rack.
To make the filling soften the butter, put it in a bowl and mix in the icing sugar and cocoa.
Spread the filling over the top of one cold cake layer.
Place the other cake layer on top.
To make the topping put the chocolate, butter and golden syrup into a bowl and gently melt together.
As soon as the chocolate is melted stir the topping and spread it over the cake.

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Temperature & cooking time:
20/25mins at 180°C/Fan 160°C/350°F/Gas 4

Dietary status:
Without Nuts, Without Soya.

Please note: Dietary status is a guideline only. If you have a food allergy, please check the suitability of your ingredients.

Customer reviews

2 Reviews
5 stars: 2
4 stars: 0
3 stars: 0
2 stars: 0
1 stars: 0

Average Customer Rating:

Cake Cake Cake Cake Cake (5/5)

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By Mrs Laura Ketteridge

28 Nov 2010 | 16:40 GMT

Rating: Cake Cake Cake Cake Cake

I used this recipe yesterday and it make the most wonderful cake.

Instead of the topping in the recipe I made a chocolate ganache and use fresh cream to sandwich the layers together.

I dipped strawberries in white chocolate and used them to decorate.

By Mrs Rachel Friedli

06 Jan 2010 | 20:21 GMT

Rating: Cake Cake Cake Cake Cake

This is a cake that is really yummy! It is also the ONLY cake that my little girl will eat, she is 5 and doesn't like sweet things.I use strawberry jam (no sugar) as a filler for the cake.