Cakes

Rich Deep Chocolate Cake with Cream Cheese Filling

Recipe Submitted By: bakingmad

The wonderful combination of Billington's sugars create this special chocolate cake.

225 grams	Butter
75 grams	Full Fat Cream Cheese
250 grams	Molasses Sugar (Billington's)
225 grams	Light Muscovado Sugar (Billington's)
110 ml	Corn Oil
2 tbsp	Lemon juice
4	Happy Eggs
175 grams	Self Raising Flour (Allinson Nature Friendly)
50 grams	Cocoa Powder

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Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas mark 3. Grease two 20cm/8 inch sandwich tins and line with greaseproof paper
Cream the butter, Molasses sugar and oil until well blended. Gradually beat in the eggs, adding a little flour as well each time. Sift the remaining flour and cocoa into the mixture and fold in carefully. Divide the mixture evenly between the two tins and bake for 30-35 minutes.
To make the cream cheese icing break up the cream cheese with a fork and work in the lemon juice. Gradually beat or whisk in the Muscovado sugar until the mixture is soft and creamy.
Once cooked, turn out the cakes on to a wire rack to cool and sandwich the cakes with Cream Cheese Icing.