Chocolate fudge cake

 Recipe source – Mary Berry

Ingredients

Self- raising flour – 1 ½ cup/ 175 gm (if using plain flour add ½ tsp baking soda to the flour)

Cocoa powder – ½ cup / 50 gm (preferably green and black)

Baking powder – 1 tsp

Salt – pinch

Eggs – 3 large

Unsalted butter (softened) – approx  ½ cup /100 gm

Caster sugar – approx  1 1/3 cup / 275 gm

Boiling water – 4 tbsp

Milk – ¼ cup / 50 ml

For icing

Plain chocolate – 150 gm ( 30% cocoa solids,I didn't have plain chocolate,so I used  2:1 milk and dark chocolate)

Double cream – 150 ml

Method

Measure and sift  flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, salt into a bowl .

Cream butter and sugar with a  beater until fluffy.

Add eggs one at time and beat until mixed.

Add half of the sifted dry ingredients into that bowl and fold in.

Add milk and fold in .

Add the rest of the dry ingredients and fold until mixed.

Add some boiling water and mix until incorporated.

Divide the batter and pour it into two 8 inch cake pans and bake it in a preheated oven at 170 degree C for about 25 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted comes out clean.

Cool the cakes in a wire rack.

To make the icing , break the chocolate into  a heat proof bowl, pour the cream over it and place the bowl on top of simmering pan  hot water. Once the chocolate melts give it a mix and remove from the pan. Allow it to cool down so that it thickens slightly.

Sandwich the cakes together with the icing and spread the rest on the top . Enjoy !