This is a very simple milk chocolate cake with a wholemeal twist. The wholemeal flour lends it a lovely nutty texture.
Its excellent if you are really struggling to get wholemeal goodness into your kids – namely because it looks so naughty and packed with chocolate that they will never know the secret ingredient that lurks within its rich dark layers. This is a tried and tested method of getting your kids to try some wholemeal foods.
Ingredients
100 g (3 1/2 oz) Self Raising Flour
100 g (3 1/2 oz) Wholemeal Self Raising Flour
225 g (8 oz) caster sugar
1 x 2.5 ml spoon (½ tsp) salt
25 g (1 oz) cocoa powder, sieved
100 g (4 oz) margarine
2 medium eggs
3 x 15 ml spoon (3 tbsp) evaporated milk
3 x 15 ml spoon (3 tbsp) milk
5 x 15 ml spoon (5 tbsp) water
few drops vanilla essence
Method::
1 Heat oven to 180c, 350f, Gas Mark 4. Grease 2 x 20.5 cm (8 inch) tins, not loose-bottomed as the mixture would run out.
2 Mix flour, sugar, salt and cocoa.
3 Rub in margarine. Beat eggs with milk.
4 Stir egg mixture, essence and liquids into the dry ingredients and beat well.
5 Place mixture in prepared tins and bake for about 30-35 minutes.
Nice to thrown on a light spreading of chocolate ganache when cooled – and a sprinkling of smarties or chocolate flakes – just to really entice them into giving it a try.