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Chocolate Fudge Cake
Serves 12
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A great chocolate fudge cake for parties and events.
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- 175g Self-Raising Flour
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1.5 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 150g caster sugar
- 2 tbsp golden syrup
- 2 medium sized eggs - beaten
- 1/4pt sunflower oil
- 1/4pt Milk
FOR THE ICING
- 75g unsalted butter
- 175g icing sugar (more if needed)
- 2.5 tbsp cocoa powder
- milk or warm water
Method
step 1
Pre-heat the oven to 180ðF/ Gas mark 4. Grease and line two 18cm sandwich tins.step 2
Sieve the flour, cocoa and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl.step 3
Add the sugar and mix well. make a well in centre and add the syrup,eggs,oil and milk. beat well until smooth.step 4
Spoon the mixture into the two tins and bake for 25-30 minutes until risen and firm to the touch. remove from oven,leave to cool before turning out onto a cooling rack.step 5
Sandwich the two cakes together with butter cream icing, to make the icing place the butter in a bowl and beat until soft.step 6
Gradually sift and beat in the icing sugar and then add enough milk/water until soft (if you add to much milk/water just sift some more icing sugar in) make the icing fluffy and spreadable.step 7
Finally sandwich the cakes together with the icing and the cover the cake in the rest of the icing. use a fork to put some patterns on the top if needed.
