Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

• ·         200g caster sugar
• ·         200g softened butter
• ·         4 medium eggs
• ·         170g self-raising flour
• ·         30g cocoa powder
• ·         1tbsp baking powder
• ·         2tbsp milk
• ·         200ml double cream
• ·         50g butter
• ·         3tbsp clear honey
• ·         200g dark chocolate
• ·         Sliced almonds for decoration
• ·         Shaved chocolate for decoration
• ·         Cherries for decoration

Directions

• ·         Heat oven to 375F. Line cake tins with non-stick baking paper.
• ·         In a large bowl, beat butter and then add caster sugar, eggs, flour and cocoa powder and mix well until you have smooth, soft batter.
• ·         Divide the batter between the tins, smooth the surface with a spatula. Place the cake tins in the oven and bake for about 20 minutes.
• ·         Remove the cake and turn it onto a cooling rack. Remove baking paper over the cake and leave to cool completely.
• ·         For the fudge frosting, heat double cream until it just begins to boil then add butter, honey, and dark chocolate, stir it and leave mixture for five minutes so the chocolate melts, then stir it briefly to combine all ingredients, don’ over mix it or it will lose its shine.
• ·         To assemble the cake, cut the cake in 2 layers, horizontally on the plate. Using palette knife, spread fudge frosting over the top of the base layer of the cake. Carefully set second layer on the top and cove entire cake with the remaining fudge frosting.
• ·         Sprinkle sliced almonds on the side wall of the cake. Decorate with cherries, chocolate.

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