What is the greatest chocolate fudge cake recipe?
Ingredients 1½ rounded tbsp cocoa 3 tbsp hot water 175g/6oz soft margarine 175g/6oz caster sugar 3 size 2 eggs 175g/6oz self-raising flour 1½ tsp baking powder For the Fudge Icing: 50g/2oz margarine 25g/1oz cocoa, sifted about 2 tbsp milk 225g/8oz icing sugar, sifted To Finish: a little warmed apricot jam (optional) chocolate flake or grated chocolate Method 1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas4. Grease and base line 18cm/2 x 7in sandwich cake tins with greased greaseproof paper. 2. Blend the cocoa with the hot water in a large bowl and leave to cool. Add the remaining cake ingredients to the bowl and beat thoroughly for 1-2 minutes. Divide between the tins and bake in the preheated oven for about 25-30 minutes or until the cakes have shrunk slightly from the sides of the tin and they spring back when pressed lightly with a finger. Turn out, remove the paper and leave to cool on a wire rack. 3. To make the icing, melt the margarine in a small pan, add the cocoa and cook for 1 minute. R
