Chocolate Cake
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups self-rising flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 3 eggs
- Scant 3/4 cup light brown sugar
- 2/3 cup sunflower oil, plus extra for greasing
- 2/3 cup light cream
- Strawberries, to decorate
Frosting:
- 8 oz. semisweet chocolate, broken into pieces
- Generous 1 cup heavy cream
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease two 8 inch round cake pans and line the bottoms with parchment paper. Sift the flour, baking powder and cocoa into a large bowl. Beat the eggs with the sugar, oil and light cream. Make a well in the dry ingredients and add the egg mixture, then stir to mix thoroughly, beating to a smooth batter. Pour the batter into the prepared pans and bake in the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes, or until risen and firm to the touch. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes, then turn out and finish cooling on a wire rack. For the frosting, place the chocolate and heavy cream in a saucepan over low heat and stir until melted. Remove from the heat and stir until the mixture cools slightly and begins to thicken. Place one cake on a serving plate and top with chocolate frosting and top with additional cake. Spread the remaining chocolate mixture over the top and sides of the cake, swirling with a spatula. Decorate with the strawberries.
Tested in the THASC kitchen. Photo by THASC.
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