King Sterndale Flower Festival Chocolate Cake

Name: King Sterndale Flower Festival Chocolate Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 10 0z Caster Sugar; 6 oz margarine; 3 eggs; 1 tsp vanilla essence; 6 oz natural yoghurt; 8 oz self raising flour; 2 0z cocoa; 1 tsp bicarb of soda; 2 oz margarine; 2 oz cocoa; 3 tbsp milk; 12 oz icing sugar

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Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 40 mins

Serves: 8

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Ingredients

10 0z Caster Sugar
6 oz margarine
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla essence
6 oz natural yoghurt
8 oz self raising flour
2 0z cocoa
1 tsp bicarb of soda
2 oz margarine
2 oz cocoa
3 tbsp milk
12 oz icing sugar

Accompaniment

Description

This recipe was a prize winner at the annual King Sterndale Flower Festival cake competition a few years back.

Method

1
Pre heat oven to 325F. Grease and linea 9 Inch cake tin with baking parchment. Beat the sugar and margarine together, then beat in the eggs, vanilla and yoghurt. Sift in the flour, cocoa and bicarb of soda, and stir well until combined.
Spoon into cake tin, level the surface and bake approx 40 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before turning out onto wire rack.
For the icing, melt the margarine in a saucepan, stir in the cocoa and heat gently until combined. Stir in the milk, add the icing sugar and beat until smooth. Spread evenly over the top and sides of the cake and decorate with chocolate shavings.