yummy chocolate smartie cake
Member recipe by jessicadelaney
Servings
Serves 8A very tasty not to unhealthy chocolate cake. Its a great recipe for all the family to enjoy.
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Ingredients
- 200g butter
- 200g milk chocolate
- 200g caster sugar
- 2 eggs , beaten
- 250g self-raising flour
- Smarties to decorate
- FOR THE ICING
- 200g milk chocolate
- 100ml double cream , not fridge-cold
- 50g+ icing sugar
Method
- Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3 and line a 20cm cake tin.
- Gently melt the butter, chocolate, sugar and 100ml hot water together in a large saucepan, stirring occasionally, then set aside to cool a little while you weigh the other ingredients.
- Stir the beaten eggs into the chocolate mixture. Put the flour into a large mixing bowl, then stir in the chocolate mix until smooth.
- Spoon into cake tin until just over three-quarters full (you may have a little mixture leftover), then set aside for 5 mins before putting on a high shelf in the oven and baking for 30-35 mins. Leave to cool.
- For the icing, melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a pan of barely simmering water. Once melted, turn off the heat, stir in the double cream and sift in the icing sugar. Allow to cool to a thick consistency then pour over the cake and decorate with smarties.
- Put the cake into the fridge for 10 mins until icing has set.
- and ENJOY :) it can be kept in the fridge for 1 week if it lasts that long ;)
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