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Chocolate Snow Cake


INGREDIENTS (Serves 8-10)


6 eggs

350g self-raising flour

350g castor sugar

350g softened butter

3 tsp baking powder

85g sifted cocoa powder

8 tbsp boiling water

300ml whipping cream

Icing sugar to sprinkle

Glace fruit for decoration


DIRECTIONS


  1. Preheat the oven to 180C gas mark 4
  2. Grease and line 4 18cm sandwich tins
  3. Place the eggs, flour, sugar and butter in a large mixing bowl and beat until smooth
  4. Mix together the cocoa powder and boiling water to form a paste and mix into the egg mixture
  5. Divide the mixture between the 4 tins and level the tops
  6. Bake for 20-25 mins until the cakes feel springy to the touch and shrink away from the sides of the tin
  7. Cool the cakes in the tins, turn on to a wire rack and allow to go cold
  8. Whip the cream and spread a thin layer over the top of 3 cakes
  9. Sandwich together topping with the fourth cake and spread the remaining cream on the top layer
  10. Sprinkle with icing sugar and decorate with glace fruits