A Piece of Cake!

My recipe for  plain chocolate cake is adapted from my mother's recipe for the basic fruit cake. I have simply replaced the dried fruit with some drinking chocolate.

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 3  1/2 cups plain flour
• 5 eggs
• 3/4 cups milk
• 4 tbsp brandy (preferably French cognac)
• 4 tbsp drinking chocolate (I love Cadbury!)
• 4 tsp baking powder
• a few drops of vanilla 

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C (350 F)
2. Grease a baking tin.
3. Mix the butter and the sugar in a food processor or electric mixer.
4. Add the eggs one by one.
5. Add the brandy and the vanilla.
6. Add the milk and the drinking chocolate.
7. Add the flour combined with the baking powder.
8. The mixture should be a soft, dropping consistency.
9. Pour the mixture into the cake tin, smooth the surface of the cake and pop it onto the middle shelf of the oven.
10. Cook for 40 - 45  minutes or till the cake is well risen and golden brown. Do not open the door before 20 minutes have elapsed or else the cake will fall flat!
11. Carefully remove the cake from the tin on a cooling rack and let it cool for about an hour.
12. Then serve with tea, coffee or hot chocolate and enjoy!

Comments

[Stefania]

Thanks for sharing the recipe. I'm certainly going to try it. I'm sure my boys will be thrilled! They all love chocolate.

[Anastasia]

This plain chocolate cake is easy to make and yet so delicious!