Joan's chocolate cake
Summary
| Yield | |
|---|---|
| Source | Joan Shipley |
| Prep time | 15 minutes |
| Recipe Type | cake |
Description
Mmmmm... chocolate
Ingredients
| 4 | Ounce | butter or margarine |
| 5 | Ounce | self-raising flour |
| 1 | Ounce | cocoa |
| 6 | Ounce | caster sugar |
| 2 | large eggs | |
| 1 | Tablespoon (Metric) | mayonnaise |
| 3 | Tablespoon (Metric) | milk |
| 3 | Tablespoon (Metric) | icing sugar |
| 1 | Tablespoon (Metric) | more cocoa |
| 4 | Tablespoon (Metric) | water |
Instructions
Cake :
Grease and line a 2lb loaf tin.
Put all the cake ingredients in a bowl and mix for 1 minute (all ingredients except icing sugar, more cocoa and water).
Cook at 180C for approx 45 minutes until firm.
Syrup :
Melt syrup ingredients together (icing sugar, more cocoa and water) - use more water if necessary - and boil for 1 minute.
Assembly :
Pierce the hot cake using a metal skewer in a 3/4 inch grid and pour over the syrup.