hot chocolate fudge cake

[Connemmara]

My little niece loves this - rather now I make beautiful pavlova but she wont eat that - however for Christmas I would like to learn how to make the above cake for her Christmas as she is so good girl by the by I do need step by step for this cos I would not have a baldy clue how to start. thanks for your answers I have gone on to Video jug but they dont have the full cake - it is either chocolate or fudge thanks

[Littleowl]

Serves 10
Takes 1 hour 20 minutes to make, plus cooling


Ingredients

100g spreadable butter, plus extra for greasing
250ml milk
1 tbsp red wine vinegar
100g plain chocolate, melted
15g cocoa powder, sifted
300g self-raising flour, sifted
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda, sifted
225g golden caster sugar
2 eggs

For the icing

225g plain chocolate, broken up
100g butter
142ml carton double cream


Method: How to make chocolate fudge cake

Preheat the oven to 180C/fan160C/gas 4.
Grease a 20cm round, deep cake tin and line with baking paper.
Mix the milk and vinegar.
Place all the other cake ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Pour in the milk mixture and beat with an electric hand whisk, until smooth.
Spread into the cake tin and bake for 1 hour, until firm in the centre.
Cool for 10 minutes, then turn out on a rack to cool completely.

2. Meanwhile, make the icing.
Melt the chocolate and butter together in the microwave for 3 minutes on medium, stirring halfway through. Alternatively, melt the chocolate and butter in a bowl over a pan of just simmering water. Stir until smooth, then beat in the cream. Cool slightly.

3. Halve the cake through the middle. Spread a quarter of the icing on 1 half and sandwich together. Spread the rest over the top and sides.

The cake will keep for up to 3 days in an airtight box.

[Connemmara]

thanks for that littleowl - when I come to bake it I will halve the ingredients. ta ra!!!!