How to Make Chocolate Cakes at Home Step by Step Recipe

Ingredients

• ½ lb margarine, ghee or butter

• A few drops vanilla essence

• 2 oz sugar

• 2–3 tablespoons milk

• 1 egg

• 2½ oz flour

• 1 teaspoon baking powder

• 1 tablespoon cocoa

Methods

• Cream sugar and margarine together until white and creamy.

• Add the egg and stir until smooth.

• Add the vanilla essence.

• Sift flour, baking powder and cocoa on top of the mixture and add the milk.

• Fold in the flour very carefully with a wooden spoon. Do not stir — fold it.

• Grease and flour a patty tin and place a tablespoon of the mixture into each hole.

• Bake for 10–15 minutes in a moderate oven at 250–300°F.

• Cool slightly and turn the cakes out using a small knife.

• For decoration: sift icing sugar over the top and finish with a piece of glacé cherry.