This is a heavenly chocolate cake.

All-in-One Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

• 175 g margarine
• 175 g brown sugar
• 3 tbs cocoa powder
• 2 tbs boiling water
• 3 large egg beaten
• 175 g self-raising flour sieved
• 50 g ground almonds

Filling

• 150 mls whipped cream

Topping

• 125 g milk chocolate melted
• 1 cup glace cherries *to decorate

• Method

  • STEP 1Preheat oven to 180C.
  • STEP 2Grease and line the base of 2 x 16 cm sandwich pans. Blend and cool cocoa with boiling water.
  • STEP 3Place all the ingredients in a mixing bowl and beat with a wooden spoon or electric mixer until well mixed.
  • STEP 4Do not over beat.
  • STEP 5Place half the mixture into each of the preheated pans and bake for 25-35 minutes.
  • STEP 6Turn out and cool on a wire rack.
  • STEP 7To decorate: Sandwich the cooled cakes together with the whipped cream.
  • STEP 8Spread melted chocolate over cake.
  • STEP 9Decorate with the glace cherries or walnuts.