Joan's chocolate cake

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Ingredients

4 ounce butter or margarine

5 ounce self-raising flour

1 ounce cocoa

6 ounce caster sugar

2 large eggs

1 tablespoon mayonnaise

3 tablespoon milk

3 tablespoon icing sugar

1 tablespoon more cocoa

4 tablespoon water

Directions

  • Grease and line a 2lb loaf tin.
  • Put all the cake ingredients in a bowl and mix for 1 minute (all ingredients except icing sugar, more cocoa and water).
  • Cook at 180C for approx 45 minutes until firm.
  • Syrup ...
  • Melt syrup ingredients together (icing sugar, more cocoa and water) - use more water if necessary - and boil for 1 minute.
  • Assembly ...
  • Pierce the hot cake using a metal skewer in a 3/4 inch grid and pour over the syrup.

Recipe By : Joan Shipley