Chocolate Cake with Fudge Icing –

Chocolate ! the mere mention of anything associated with this mouth watering confection can cause a dreamy look into the eyes of chocoholic..It is hard to resist the pleasure of a sumptuous piece of chocolate cake and no dessert would be complete without cakes, gateaux and loaves..

Ingredients

4 eggs

125 g 4 1/2 oz caster sugar

125 g 4  1/2 oz plain flour

1 tbsp cocoa powder

25 g butter melted

75 g plain chocolate melted 

ICING

75 g 2 1/4 oz  plain chocolate

125 g 4 1/2  butter

200 g 7 oz icing sugar

2 tbsp milk

METHOD

1. Grease a square 7 inch deep cake tray and line the base. Place the eggs and castor sugar in a mixing bowl and whisk with electric beater for 10 mins or until the mixture is light and foamy 

2. Sift the flour and cocoa powder together and  fold in with a metal spoon or spatula. Fold in the melted butter and chocolate .. Pour the mixture into the prepared tray and bake in a preheated oven 160 degree  C/ 325 degree F and bake for 30 - 35 mins until spingy to touch

3. Leave it to cool in the tray for 5 mins and transfer to wire rack to cool completely

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4. To make the icing melt the plain chocolate and leave to cool. Slightly beat the butter, icing sugar and milk together in a bowl until mixture is pale and fluffy. Whisk in melted chocolate.

5. Cut the cake into 2 layers Sandwich the 2 layers with some of the icing and place on serving plate. Spread the remaining icing over the top of the cake with a spatula swirling it slightly