Chocolate Sandwich Cake

Ok Heres what you do. I use this recipe all the time.

Cooking time 25 mins
Oven temp Gas Mark 4-5

Ingredients

6 oz butter or margarine
6 oz castor sugar
2 eggs
5oz self rasing flour
1oz cocoa powder
4 tablespoons of milk.

Method

Cream the butter and sugar until soft and light, Seperate the eggs. Gradually beat the egg yolk into the butter mixture. Fold in the sieved dry ingrediants, mixing to a soft dropping consistency with the milk. Whisk the egg whites until stiff, fold into the mixture and put into two 7 – inch lined sandwich tins. Bake in a moderate oven for approx 25 mins. Cool on a wire tray.

Hope you enjoy it!

I use:
4oz butter or margerine
4oz sugar
2 eggs
4oz self-raising flour
2oz plain cooking chocolate

Melt the chocolate and butter. Mix in the sugar and leave to cool. Add the eggs and flour. Bake at 200C for around 20 mins. Unite with butter icing (which I can’t remember quantities for, but it is just cocoa powder, icing sugar and butter) or chocolate spread. Decorate with anything chocolate, I like to use buttons or smarties.