sticky chocolate cake

Method

• step 1

  You will need - workmat, scales, 2 tablespoons, 2 teaspoons, pastry brush, small loaf tin (500g size), cup, 2 mixing bowls, wooden spoon, spatula, baking tray, oven gloves (for adult use

• step 2

  Before cooking, wash your hands and put an apron on. Weigh or measure all the ingredients. Prepare the loaf tin by brushing the vegetable oil on the inside of the tin. Ask a grown-up to preheat the oven to 170ðC fan/190ðC/gas 5.

• step 3

  Measure the milk alternative into a cup. Add the bicarbonate of soda and stir with a teaspoon.

• step 4

  In a bowl, put the flour and the cocoa together and stir â this is the âÂÂdryâ bowl.

• step 5

  In another bowl, beat together the sugar, the spread and the runny honey until itâÂÂs light and fluffy â this is the âÂÂwetâ bowl.

• step 6

  Stir the milky mixture again. Now add some of the dry mix to the wet bowl and then add some of the milky mixture to this. Repeat until all the ingredients are in the wet bowl. Now mix together using the wooden spoon until you have a smooth mixture.

• step 7

  Arrange half of the mandarins on the bottom of the loaf tin. Put the cake batter in on top of the fruit and arrange the rest on the top. You may want to use a spatula to get all the mixture out. Put the loaf tin onto the baking tray.

• step 8

  Ask a grown-up to put it in the oven for 25-30 minutes until risen and springing back from a touch. When the sticky chocolate cake has cooled, you can eat it! Serve with more sliced mandarins.