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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> UK >> Scottish

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. CAKE: | 2. Sieve the flour, sugar, salt and cocoa together. | 3. Rub in the margarine or butter. | 4. Stir the beaten eggs and evaporated milk into the mixture, then add the extra evaporated milk and vanilla extract. | 5. Beat well until light and fluffy and well mixed. | 6. Grease and line a 6" or 7" round tin - not loose-bottomed as the mixture may run out. | 7. Bake in a moderate oven, 180C/350F/Gas Mark 4 for 25 to 35 minutes, or until well risen. | 8. Allow to cool slightly before turning out onto a wire rack and allow to cool completely before icing and decorating the cake. | 9. ICING: | 10. Melt the butter and blend in the cocoa powder, sieved icing sugar, hot milk and vanilla extract. | 11. Beat until smooth and thick. | 12. Allow to settle for about 5 minutes before icing the cake. | 13. ASSEMBLING THE CAKE: | 14. When the cake is completely cold, cut the cake in half and sandwich the two halves together with half of the icing. | 15. Spread some of the remaining icing on the top, reserving some to be piped on in rosettes around the top of the cake. Pipe 12 rosttes on the top of the cake and one in the middle. | 16. Decorate each rosette with a nut half, chocolate button or fresh raspberry. | 17. Store in an airtight tin for upto 5 days, or freeze the cake before icing. Can be frozen for upto 3 months. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
self raising flour	7	ounces		176.5167	0.0	39.27	0.9917
caster sugar	7	ounces		176.5167	0.0	39.27	0.9917
salt	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
cocoa powder	2	ounces		49.248000000000005	12.5064	4.2336	2.9592
butter	4	ounces	softened	646.38	29.6995	20.1965	54.431999999999995
egg	2		beaten	143.0	0.72	12.56	9.51
milk	5	tablespoons	evaporated	172.5	4.155	1.7175	17.88
milk	5	tablespoons	evaporated	172.5	4.155	1.7175	17.88
vanilla extract	1	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
butter	3	ounces		646.38	29.6995	20.1965	54.431999999999995
cocoa powder	4	tablespoons		49.248000000000005	12.5064	4.2336	2.9592
icing sugar	8	ounces	sieved	1140.7836	156.1036	9.2986	53.297
milk	3	tablespoons	evaporated	172.5	4.155	1.7175	17.88
vanilla extract	1	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
chocolate				-	-	-	-
walnut				-	-	-	-
pecan				-	-	-	-
raspberry				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.