Tuesday 4 May 2010

Chocolate cake

Here's a recipe you all love.... Today we were asked to make a cake of our own, choosing from either lemon or chocolate. You never guess what I chose.... Chocolate. If I wanted, I could've had lemon, but I decided not to have that. And just after I've been to the loo and resolved my constipation pain, I've munched the lot of it (and I know I'm meant to wait a while). If you want to make the fantastic sandwich cake yourself, follow up this recipe:

You will need:
Scales (make sure they're on 0)
2oz butter (or margerine, whatever you prefer to call it)
2oz brown caster sugar
2oz flour
a bowl (I know I may be thick for including the bowl in the you need list but just incase you forget)
Wooden spoon, silver teaspoon, fork
Egg
cake tin
coca powder
Milk
and if required.... Help!

Method
1. start by greasing the cake tin with a hand towel and some butter

2. Put your bowl on the scales (with nothing in) and start putting in your 2oz of butter

3. Follow up with your 2oz caster sugar and flour

4. Mix it well (and watch for lumps)

5. Put in a small ounce full of coca powder into your bowl, mix in again.

6. Add your egg and mix in again with wooden spoon (you will see it turn chocolatey)

7. Keep mixing, make sure there are no lumps, butter, flour or sugar that can be seen

8. Add in your milk and mix again. You are now left with chocolate goo.

9. After mixing, you are ready to put the ingredients into your cake tin

10. Flatten it all down. If lumps are seen, then never mind. It's too late, the damage is done.

11. Put it in the oven for 20-40 minutes (gas mark 6) and leave to cook

12. Take out of the oven and remove the cake from your cake tin. It will be a round circle to start with. If there is greaseproof paper on the bottom, remove the greaseproof paper.

13. Leave on the cooling tray for 15 minutes.

14. Start making the chocolate icing

15. Once chocolate icing is made, (or while you're making it), get a knife and cut in half.

16. Put the chocolate icing on your chosen half of the cake.

17. Put your other half (the half without icing) on the top

18. Cut it in 6 or 4 pieces (enough for 6-4 people)

19. Put in a bag, fridge, or just leave on the cooling tray until ready to eat.

20. Eat or share.... It's up to you, but you have one delicious chocolate cake!

May I point out the worst bit is washing everything up!

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