Easy to make chocolate cake
Category: Cakes and Bakes
This sweet mild flavoured chocolate cake is ideal for children. For a darker fuller flavoured cake use 50g/2 oz of cocoa powder. This cake is also good source of iron.
Ingredients
175g/6 oz plain flour
25g/1 oz cocoa powder
150g/5 oz caster sugar
1 level tsp baking powder
1 level tsp bicarbonate of soda
150g/5 oz soft margarine
150 ml/ 1/4 of a pint milk
2 eggs
1 tbsp treacle
1/2 tsp salt
Method
Grease and bottom line a &" (18cm) square or round tin.
Sieve dry ingredients together into a large bowl. Add remaining ingredients and beat well for 2 -3 minutes. Pour into prepared tin. Bake, on middle shelf of oven, at 150C/gas mark 2 for 1 hour.
Let the cake cool in the tinfor minutes, then turn out onto a wired rack.
Serve: Hot chocolate sauce as a dessert.
When the cake is cold, lightly dust with icing sugar or split and sandwiched together with chocolate spread.
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