Chris’s chocolate birthday cake

Name: Chris’s chocolate birthday cake
Yield: 8-10 people
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 225 g caster sugar; 225 g softened butter; 100 g self-raising flour; 4 large eggs; 1 tsp baking powder; 2 tsp cocoa powder; 50 ml semi-skimmed milk; 250 g dark chocolate; 250 g softened butter; 175 g icing sugar; 3 tubes of Smarties; 2 tablespoons jam

Sarah Jacobs @cook_12419326

Altrincham

This is a cake made for my son’s birthday - guess how old he was!

Sarah Jacobs @cook_12419326

Altrincham

This is a cake made for my son’s birthday - guess how old he was!

Saved

Ingredients

8-10 people

225 gcaster sugar
225 gsoftened butter
100 gself-raising flour
4large eggs
1 tspbaking powder
2 tspcocoa powder
50 mlsemi-skimmed milk
For the icing
250 gdark chocolate
250 gsoftened butter
175 gicing sugar
3tubes of Smarties
2 tablespoonsjam

Saved

Steps

1

Preheat oven to 180 degrees C
2

Grease 2 x 20cm cake tins and line with greaseproof paper
3

In a bowl beat the sugar and butter with an electric whisk until light and fluffy
4

Add the eggs, one at a time, besting after each addition. Add the flour, baking powder and cocoa and mix.
5

Add a little milk until the mixture drops easily off a spoon
6

Put half in each tin and bake for 20 minutes until skewer inserted into centre comes out clean then leave to cool for 10 mins before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely
7

Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of simmering water.
8

In a bowl beat the butter and icing sugar then add the chocolate.
9

Spread some of the icing on top of one cake together with some jam
10

Put the other cake on top, add the rest of the icing over the top and sides
11

Add Smarties to decorate. Enjoy!