Rich chocolate cake
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- One hour cooling time
- Easy
- Serves 6
Ingredients
- 100g margerine
- 100g caster sugar
- Rind of half a lemon
- Rind of half an orange
- 35g sieved cocoa powder
- 100g ground almonds
- 2 eggs
- 50g self raising flour
- 2 teaspoons of brandy or Cointreau
- Decoration
- 2 tablespoons of warm marmalade
- 100g of plain chocolate
- 2 teaspoons of hot water
- 12g of margerine
Method
- STEP 1Beat the margerine and sugar together.
- STEP 2Stir in the fruit rinds, cocoa and almonds.
- STEP 3Gradually beat in the eggs and brandy with the flour.
- STEP 4Spoon into a lined 18cm cake tin.
- STEP 5Bake in the oven for 50 minutes until cooked through at 180 degrees celcius.
- STEP 6Cool on a wire rack.
- STEP 7Brush cake with marmalade.
- STEP 8Mix the melted chocolate with margerine and water until smooth.
- STEP 9Quickly swirl the mixture over the cake and allow to set.
- STEP 10You can decorate with swirls of orange rind.