recipes

from Santa's kitchen

Chocolate cake

Oven 180 for 35 min

125 g soft butter
125 ml castor sugar
5 ml vanilla
2 xl eggs
125 ml apricot jam
175 self raising flour
3 ml bicarb of soda
50 g cocoa powder
250 ml buttermilk
ICING
125 g dark chocolate
60 g butter
30 ml cream
METHOD
Cream butter and sugar together till light and fluffy
Add vanilla and eggs
Mix together and add apricot jam
Sift flour, bicarb of soda and cocoa powder together
Add to the butter mixture
Add buttermilk
Spoon into a well oiled pan
ICING
Combine chocolate butter and cream
Stir over a low heat untill combined
Spread over cake