Family Chocolate Cake


Family Chocolate Cake
4 stars - 2 reviews
preparation time: 25 minutes
cooking time: 45 minutes
difficulty: Easy
serves: 4
oven: 160°C

Ingredients
  • * 200g(7oz) plain flour
  • 2 eggs
  • 5ml (1 tsp) bicarbonate of soda
  • 5ml (1 tsp) baking powder
  • 30ml (2 tbsp) cocoa powder
  • 30ml (2 tbsp) golden syrup
  • 30ml (2 tbsp) single cream
  • 150ml (¼ pint) oil
  • 150ml (¼ pint) milk
  • 150g (5oz) soft brown sugar
  • 175g (6oz) plain chocolate, grated
Recipe
  1. Grease and line a 23cm (9") cake tin.
  2. Sieve all the dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
  3. Put the sugar, syrup, eggs, oil and milk into a well in the middle of the dry ingredients.
  4. Beat thoroughly until the mixture is smooth.
  5. Pour the mixture into the prepared cake tin.
  6. Bake for 45-50 minutes until a skewer inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.
  7. Leave the baked cake in its tin for a few minutes and turn onto a wire rack to cool.
  8. To make the icing place the chocolate and cream into a small, heavy-based pan and heat gently until melted.
  9. Cool slightly and pour evenly over the cake.
  10. Decorate with walnuts.

2 Responses to “Family Chocolate Cake”

  1. charity says:

    Thanks 4 d recipe, can one use creaming method for this recipe? And 4 d icing is it just to pour it or additional work need to be done, like smoothening,etc.

    Thanks.

  2. Minoli Rayem says:

    Please send me some cake recipes… Some fancy recipes for a one year girls birthday

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