Mams Wonderful Chocolate Cake
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Ingredients
- 7 oz Self raising flour
- 8 oz Castor Sugar
- ½ tspn Salt
- 1 oz cocoa powder. sieved
- 4 oz Margarine
- 2 Eggs
- 5 tbsp Evaporated Milk
- 5 tbsp Water
- few drops Vanilla essence
- chocolate buttons
- chocolate for decorating
Accompaniment
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Description
This was everyones favourite. Mam used to decorate with little rounds of butter icing round the edge of the cake and then place a chocolate button upright in the butter cream.
Method
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1. Heat oven to 180c or Gas mark 4 then grease 2 eight inch tins.
2. Beat the margarine with the sugar until light and fluffy
3. Add the egg, essence, evaporated milk and water and beat well
4. fold in the flour and cocoa powder and beat again making sure the mixture is smooth.
5. Place mixture into the prepared tins and bake for about 30 -35 minutes
6. When cold sandwich tofether with butter icing and pour melted chocolate on the top of the cake.
7. Once the chocolate is set decorate with butter icing and chocolate buttons.
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