Here is a really excellent chocolate cake recipe, I got it from a free cocoa recipe leaflet years ago and it is in ozs not grammes - like many of my recipes - sorry.
Hot Milk Chocolate Sponge
Makes a 7 inch cake
3 eggs
8 oz Caster Sugar
4 oz Plain Flour
2 tbsps Cocoa
2 tspn baking powder
4 fl oz milk
1 oz Margarine
Chocolate Butter Icing:
3 oz butter softened
8 oz icing sugar
2 tbspn cocoa powder 3 tbspn boiling water, mix and cool
Whisk the eggs and sugar together really well until the mixture is thick and pale. Sift flour and cocoa and fold into egg mixture. Sprinkle the baking powder on top of the mixture. Heat the milk and marg together (I do mine in the microwave), make sure all the marg has melted and the milk is hot. Pour this on top of the mixture and allow to froth up, fold together. Pour into two 7 inch sandwich tins.
Cook at gas mark 4, 180c or 350f, for about 40 mins, cool on a wire rack.
Mix water and cocoa powder, then beat all ingredients together. This should be enough to fill and top the cake.
I often fill with fresh whipped cream, and just sprinkle icing sugar on the top. I have also drained a can of crushed pineapple and added to the cream....yum yum.
Comments
I always use ozs can't get used to grams
I made one yesterday too....they are so easy yet so impressive.
Will be making another Sunday to take to work on Monday