Chocolate Fudge Cake

This is a recipe that my Mum, my sister and I have all been baking for years.

I have it as an email as I know my sister has the original recipe card - so apologies if it is your recipe and I have not credited it.

This is also DD's favourite cake so I made it for her coming home from the Grandparents

Ingredients

Cake
175g/6oz butter or marg
175g/6oz caster sugar
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 eggs
200g/7oz plain flour
50g/2oz cocoa powder
2 tsps bicarbonate of soda
1/4 tsp of salt
175ml/6fl oz milk

Frosting
50g/2oz softened butter or marg
2 tbsp cocoa powder
3/4 tsp instant coffee granules
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 egg
275g/10oz icing sugar

Method

• Pre heat oven to Gas mark 4 (180C)
• Grease and line 2 loose bottomed sandwich tins (7 inch diamter)
• Cream butter and sugar until blended
• Add vanilla extract
• Add eggs, one at a time beating until fluffy
• Sift flour, cocoa, bicarb and salt into a bowl and add to creamed mixture
• Slowly add milk, beating until smooth
• Pour into tins, making sure each tin is even
• Bake for approx 30 minutes or until done
• Leave to cool in tin for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely

For the frosting

• Combine butter, cocoa and instant coffee
• Add vanilla, egg and icing sugar
• Beat until smooth
• Use some of the frosting to sandwich the two cakes together before covering with the rest of the frosting
• Eat
• Enjoy