Wartime Chocolate Cake Recipe at MyDish

Wartime Chocolate Cake

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Method

  • Set oven to Gas reg. 4/5 or 160 degrees Centigrade
  • Mix dry ingredients together
  • Slowly melt butter and syrup
  • Add approximately 20 dessert spoons of warm water
  • Stir mixed dry ingredients with the butter mix
  • Pour into 2 greased sandwich tins
  • Bake for approx. 25 minutes until light & spongy to touch
  • Once cool, sandwich together with strawberry jam and top with sieved icing sugar or chocolate icing

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    • good for me eating mostly dairy free.i love it and its perfect for my cousins who are also alergic to all dairy products

      by food_lover on Fri Aug 28 2009   reply to this comment

    • This looks good and easily adaptable with dairy free marg for my vegan friends - I'll try it!

      by redguscat on Mon Aug 17 2009   reply to this comment

    • Step 3:
      "Slowly melt butter and syrup"

      by Christina on Tue Feb 17 2009   reply to this comment

    • This might sound like a stupid question - but at what stage do you add the golden syrup to the recipe? - I'd love to know cos the cake sounds perfect for my friend's daughter who is allergic to eggs

      by Jacquie on Tue Dec 4 2007   reply to this comment

    Ingredients

    • 200gr Self-raising flour
    • 2 tablespoons Cocoa powder
    • 75gr white sugar
    • 75gr butter
    • heaped tablespoon golden syrup
    • ½ teaspoon Bicarbonate of Soda

    By Views 21958  Added Wed Jul 4 2007


    Mum's cake made without eggs during wartime rationing