Choco finger cake
1 hour 20 min
This chocolate cake is very easy to make, looks good and makes people want more.
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Ingredients
Serves: 8
- 225g (8 oz) self-raising flour
- 225g (8 oz) butter
- 170g (6 oz) caster sugar
- 4 eggs
- cocoa powder (as much as you want)
- Butter icing
- 90g (3 oz) butter, room temperature
- 225g (8 oz) icing sugar
- drop of vanilla extract and milk
- Decoration
- white chocolate and milk chocolate flakes
- chocolate fingers
Method
Prep:20min ›
Cook:1hr ›
Ready in:1hr20min
- Preheat oven to 190 C / Gas 5.
- Combine flour, butter, sugar, eggs and cocoa powder and beat or use an electric whisk. Turn mixture into a greased cake tin. Bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven.
- Meanwhile, make the icing by combining the butter and icing sugar. Beat until smooth. Add vanilla and stir. If needed add a teaspoon of milk at a time to achieve your desired consistency.
- Cool the cake, then slice in half to make two layers. Spread a thin layer of butter icing in the middle. Add fresh fruit if desired. Place cake layer on top to make a sandwich. Spread more butter icing over the top and sides of cake.
- Cut the chocolate fingers different lengths and stick along the sides of the cake till covered.
- Sprinkle the white and milk chocolate shavings over the top. Serve.
