Easy Peasy Chocolate Fudge Cake

THE best type of cake there is. I never pass up an opportunity for chocolate fudge cake- if it’s on the menu, nothing else stands a chance. Best served hot with vanilla ice cream. This recipe comes from Delia’s ‘Chocolate’ cookery book and is very easy and fairly invincible.

Ingredients

175g self raising flour

1 rounded teaspoon baking powder

175g butter

175g light brown sugar

3 large eggs

1 rounded tablespoon cocoa powder

Preheat the oven to 170°C. Weigh out the flour. Remove 1 rounded tablespoon flour and add 1 rounded tablespoon cocoa powder. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix. Pour into a greased cake tin and bake on the middle shelf for 30mins. Leave to cool on wire rack before icing or dusting with cocoa powder.

Super Sweet Treats

…for people with super sweet teeth. Perfect for refuelling after a long bike ride…or just a long day.

Ingredients

Flapjacks

60g butter

60g brown sugar

3 tablespoons golden syrup

1 egg, lightly beaten

200g porridge oats

Icing

Icing sugar

Hot water

Hundreds and Thousands

Preheat the oven to 180°C. Stir the butter, sugar and syrup together over a low heat until the sugar melts. Leave to cool for 15mins. Stir into the beaten egg. Add the oats and stir. Pour into a baking tray lined with greaseproof paper and bake for 15mins. Mix together a small bowl of sifted icing sugar with 2 tablespoons of hot water to form a smooth paste. Spread over the cooled flapjacks and sprinkle on the Hundreds and Thousands. Let icing set before cutting into small squares. Enjoy!