Name: chocolate sponge cake
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Makes Cakes
Cuisine: English
Ingredients: 60g coco powder; 6 tbsp boiling water; 3 free range eggs; 4 tbsp milk; 175g self raising flour; 1 rounded tsp baking powder; 100g soft butter; 300g caster sugar; 150g chocolate broken into small pieces; 150ml double cream; icing sugar (to dust)

Ingredients

60g coco powder
6 tbsp boiling water
3 free range eggs
4 tbsp milk
175g self raising flour
1 rounded tsp baking powder
100g soft butter
300g caster sugar

For the icing:

150g chocolate broken into small pieces
150ml double cream
icing sugar (to dust)

Method

STEP 1
Preheat oven to 180c then grease and line 2 cake tins.
STEP 2
mix the coco powder and the water until it forms a paste. Add the rest of the ingredients and beat until wll combined.
STEP 3
divide the mixture between the 2 cake tins. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until well risen and shrinking away from the sides.
STEP 4
Put chocolate and cream together in a bowl and stand over a pan of boiling water until melted. Set aside and leave until cool and almost set.
STEP 5
put the icing all over your cakes and dust icing sugar.

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