Chocolate Cake Recipes

Ingredients

Cake:
2 cups of self-raising flour
1 1/2 cups of sugar
1 1/3 cups of liquid (coffee, milk or water are all good)
2 eggs
6 tbls. cocoa
6 tbls. vegetable oil

Topping:
200gm good quality cooking chocolate
300ml cream

Method

1. Place all ingredients in bowl
2. Mix for appoximately five minutes
3. Line a cake tin with cooking paper and spray lightly with cooking oil
4. Pour batter into baking cake tin
5. Place in oven pre-heated to 180 degrees C
6. Cook for approximately 35 - 40 mins
7. Cake is done when a knife inserted comes out cleanly (the aroma will tell you when the cake is done)
8. Leave stand in tin for 10 mins before turning out

Topping

1. Melt chocolate and cream together and combine well.
2. Place in refridgerator and leave to chill for 2 to 3 hours
3. When mixture has set fairly hard remove from fridge and beat until light and fluffy.
4. Spread over cake and decorate with strawberries or anything else that takes your fancy.

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