Monday 30 May 2011

Chocolate and cherry

This has been a productive weekend; chocolate cake, bread and knitting. The bread was too tasty to remain un-scoffed long enough for photos but I can't eat a *whole* cake in one sitting:
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This is a wonderful cake for weekends - quick, easy and tasty!

175g soft butter or margarine
175g caster sugar
3 eggs (medium or large)
150g self raising flour
25g cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder

Beat together the sugar and butter (I use a wooden spoon, you can use electric beaters if you have them)
Mix in the eggs
Mix in the flour, cocoa powder and baking powder until smooth
If it's hard to mix, add a splash of milk (couple of tablespoons) until it's nice and smooth

Put into two 7inch cake tins (lined with grease proof paper)
Bake at 170C for about 30 minutes - poke it with a sharp knife after this time - if the knife comes out clean it's done
Leave in the tins for 10minutes or so then cool the cakes on a wire rack.

I like to fill it with chocolate spread (easy!) but this weekend I went for cherry compote and creme fraiche. Then all you have to do is try to resist eating it before friends pop round to help ;)

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