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School Dinner Chocolate Cake recipe

“Nostalgic memories, all intertwined with a feeling of warmth and love, that’s what a taste of this cake is.

School Dinner Chocolate Cake recipe
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Ingredients

For the recipe:
  • 180g unsalted butter, soft
  • 180g light brown sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • 140g candied peel
  • 180g self-raising flour
  • 2.5 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 2 x 400ml tins chocolate custard
  • a handful to serve freeze dried raspberries
  • edible gold leaf (optional)

“Nostalgic memories, all intertwined with a feeling of warmth and love, that’s what a taste of this cake is. Perfect for Valentines/Galentines…”

Many thanks to Nikibakes for the yummy recipe.

Method

01
Preheat the oven to 180°C, and grease and line a loose-bottomed, 20cm square cake tin, set aside. 
02
Put the butter and sugar in a bowl and mix with an electric whisk until light and fluffy. 
03
Add the eggs and vanilla extract, whisking well between each addition. Sift over the flour and cocoa powder. Fold until just combined. Add the candied peel at the end.
04
Spoon into the tin and level the surface. Bake for 30-35 mins until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
05
Leave to cool in the tin for 5 mins, then carefully remove and cut into 9 squares. Serve warm with the custard, heated to pack instructions, and scatter with freeze dried raspberries and copper gold leaf.