How to Make Chocolate Spice Cake

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 6-ozs self raising flour
• 4-ozs margarine
• 7-ozs sugar
• 2-ozs plain chocolate
• 2 eggs (whites and yolks separated)
• 8 tblspns milk
• 2 tspns finely shreded candied peel
• 1/2 tspn salt
• 1/2 tspn cinnamon
• 1/2 tspn pudding spice
• 1/4 tspn cloves, ground
• Icing (optional)
• 4-oz margarine
• 3-ozs icing sugar
• 2 tspns cocoa powder
• 1 tbspn hot water
• vanilla essence
• 8 inch cake tin
• palate knife

How to Make Chocolate Spice Cake

1. 1

   Add 4oz of margarine to 7oz of sugar and cream together in a mixing bowl until they are light and fluffy.

2. 2

   Melt the 2ozs chocolate and blend with the 2 egg yolks and add to the mix.

3. 3

   Mix the salt and spices to the 6oz of flour and stir in to the mix adding the milk a little at a time.

4. 4

   Fold in the beaten egg whites and the candied peel. Pour into a greased cake tin.

5. 5

   Bake in the oven at 350F for around 45 minutes.

6. 6

   To make the icing, cream the 4ozs margarine, the 3ozs icing sugar and cocoa together in a mixing bowl.

7. 7

   Stir in the hot water and a few drops of vanilla essence and beat in.

8. 8

   Spread the icing evenly over the cake once it has cooled.