A Wicked Sunday Afternoon

What do you do on another rainy afternoon . Bake a cake & this was the finished product but lets show how it started............

The kids decided to have a swim in the rain.....

 (after weeks of rain in the summer holidays you finally say why not your going to get wet anyway)

I thought I would quickly bake a cake  while hubby was watching them. No time for cookbooks , just make up a recipie you might remember & hope it works.......

Rushing never works for me , sunken in the middle & it cracked

when I turned out of pan. How do I make this look appealing........

Add a small scoop of vanilla ice cream on the side & 

garnish with a sprig of  chocolate mint from the garden.

Mmmm needs something else.....

Oh how about a little of this , chocolate ganache...

did you say "more" ,well  ok......

did you say STOP....

Surely no more , this is it !

Viola !

You would never know how it looked before, straight out of the oven

It was a big hit & tasted delicious

It was moist & slightly dense

 (I think it didnt rise high because I added melted chocolate to the mixture)

Recipie

Cream together 125 gm butter & 125 gm castor sugar

Add 2 lightly beaten eggs & 125gm Self Raising Flour &

3 tabs dark cocoa powder

Beat until smooth

Add 1/2 cup melted milk chocolate

Beat 

Pour into a 20 cm cake tin (greased & paper on the bottom)

Bake at 180 degres

 (roughly 35 min , would vary with different ovens)

Cool before turning out

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Ganache - I just melted chocolate, took off heat & 

 added King Island Double Cream

stirring until smooth.

WARNING : This will add inches to your hips & increase cholesterel  levels

Karyn x