Chocolate Fudge Cake

Ingredients 

Butter   -  8 oz (200 g)

Brown Sugar  -  8 oz

Eggs  -  4

Vanilla Essence  -  1 tsp

Flour  -  6 oz

Baking Powder  -  2 tsp

Cocoa Powder  -  2 oz

Milk  -  3 tblsp

Melted Cooking Chocolate  -  4 oz

For Fudge Icing:

Butter   -  4 oz (100 g)

Cooking Chocolate  - 4 oz

Cream  -  ¾ cup

Cocoa Powder  -  2 tblsp (heaped)

Icing Sugar  -  10 oz  (1 ¼ cup)

Vanilla Essence  -  1 tsp

Method for Icing:

1.      In a sauce pan, mix together cream, vanilla essence, chocolate, coco and butter, cook till chocolate melts. 2.      Remove from fire. Keep in freezer till it sets. Take out and add in sieved icing sugar, beat till fluffy and smooth.

Method for Cake:

1.      Beat butter and brown sugar till light and fluffy.
2.      Add in vanilla essence, eggs one at a time and beat well.
3.      Fold in the sieved flour, coco powder and baking powder mixture, along with melted chocolate and milk.
4.      Pour this mixture into 2 greased 8 inch pans.
5.      Bake in preheated oven on 180 degrees for 40 minutes.
6.      Remove, cool. Spread with icing and decorate.