Wartime Chocolate Cake
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Prep: 15 mins
Cook: 25 mins
Serves: 6
Ingredients
- 200gr Self-raising flour
- 2 tablespoons Cocoa powder
- 75gr white sugar
- 75gr butter
- heaped tablespoon golden syrup
- ½ teaspoon Bicarbonate of Soda
Accompaniment
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Description
Mum's cake made without eggs during wartime rationing
Method
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1
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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This looks good and easily adaptable with dairy free marg for my vegan friends - I'll try it!
Step 3:
"Slowly melt butter and syrup"
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