Ingredients / Shopping List
150g SR Flour1 tsp baking powder100g milk or plain chocolate150g soft marg150g caster sugar3 eggsIcing 250g natural icing sugar1 tsp instant coffeeBoiling water with small knob of butter25g Toasted almonds to decorateWater
Prep to Cook: Oven electric 180ºC Gas Mark 4, food mixer, basin, wooden spoon, 2 metal spoons, sieve, bun tray, 12 paper cases, pastry brush, measuring jug
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Prep the icing:
Need something sweet and tasty? Try this quick cut-up cake glazed with fudgy icing. The cakes keep well and can be ready and waiting for snacking later in the week.
Use the food processor to make these cakes quickly. The chocolate is best melted gently in a basin over a pan of hot water.
Cooks Know How: Making a cake mix quickly in a food processor can means using a chemical, baking powder to boost the cake and make it rise. In this recipe the margarine, sugar and eggs are mixed to form the wet sloppy mixture. The dry flour and extra raising agent is then added alongside the warm melted chocolate. The melted chocolate could make the cake a bit dense and close textured, but with the baking powder addition the result is light. This is almost and All-in-one cake but not quite!
Cake can be made using the all-in-one method, quick mix, rubbed in, creamed, melted method or whisked technique. Every method aims for light texture and good eating quality. Cooking in paper cases portions the cake for individuals and speeds up the cooking time.
Cake supplies energy and calories in the diet. The inclusion of eggs provides some proteins and a little iron. Cocoa in dark plain chocolate also supplied a little iron. Almonds supply some calcium and iron.