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Chocolate Cake with Coloured Chocolate Beans

Chocolate Cake with Coloured Chocolate Beans

Recipe Submitted By: bakingmad

This Chocolate Cake with Coloured Chocolate Beans is perfect for a birthday cake or party!

Preparation Time	25 minutes
Baking Time	40 minutes
Portions	For 1 cake
Skill Level	Easy
Average Rating

Chocolate Cake with Coloured Chocolate Beans Ingredients

75 grams	Cocoa Powder
200 ml	Water boiling
3 tsp	Bicarbonate Of Soda
4	Free Range Eggs (Happy Eggs)
370 grams	Dark Muscovado Sugar (Billington's)
180 ml	Sunflower Oil
1 tsp	Pure Vanilla Extract Blend (Nielsen-Massey)
275 grams	Self Raising Flour (Allinson Nature Friendly)

Additional Ingredients

For the Icing/Decoration:

2 tbsp	Cocoa Powder
50 grams	Butter
2 tbsp	Golden Syrup (Silver Spoon)
300 grams	Unrefined Golden Icing Sugar (Billington's)
	Sprinkle Decorations (Silver Spoon Create)
	coloured choco beans

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How to make Chocolate Cake with Coloured Chocolate Beans

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For the cake: heat the oven to 180°C, 350°F, gas 4. Grease and line a 23cm x 30cm|9\" x 12\" baking tin.
Mix the cocoa with the boiling water. Stir in the bicarbonate of soda and set aside to cool.
Whisk the eggs, sugar, oil and vanilla in a mixing bowl until blended. Stir in the flour and the cocoa mixutre until smooth.
Pour into the tin and bake for 30-40 minutes until risen and firm to the touch. Cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool.
For the icing. Melt the butter and golden syrup together with 1 tbsp water,. Beat in the icing sugar, to make a smooth icing. Add a little extra boiling water if needed. Spread over the cool cake.
Scatter with the sprinkles and chocolate beans and leave to set.

Reviews

Read all reviews (1) | Average rating: 5 stars

"Really good!! Very dark moist tray bake chocolate cake. Far outshines the shop bought version. Just a word of warning - when you add the bicarb to the hot chocolate mix it erupts!! So use a very large container."

16-07-2011 | Author: hlw1810 | 5 stars