Rosie's Chocolate cake

[elsie]

Rosie's chocolate cake

7oz SR Flour
8oz Caster Sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)
1oz Cocoa
4oz Margarine
2 medium eggs beaten with 5 tablespoons evaporated milk from a small tin and 5 tablespoons of water
few drops Vanilla extract

Sieve together the flour salt and cocoa
Rub in the margarine
Stir in eggs,extract,milk and water
beat well

Put into a deep 8" sandwich tin and bake for 30-35 mins at gas no. 4

Optional - Chocolate Fudge Icing

8oz Icing sugar
2oz Butter
Block chocolate (I use Sainsbury's Belgian)
Rest of evaporated milk
Few drops of Vanilla extract

Melt Chocolate and butter over hot water
Beat in Icing sugar,vanilla and evap milk

[roan]

Sounds very nice, but we would substitute butter for the margarine, presumably the same amount would be required?

[debbiem]

That looks lovely Elsie and would be a resounding success here. ;D

I think I'll try this one over the weekend.