Halloween Cakes

Link to Freaky Finger Red Velvet Cake

Delicious (and easy) Chocolate Cake - decorate how you fancy for Halloween .....

Oven: 190/200 deg. C

7 ozs.  Good quality cooking chocolate

7 ozs.  butter

1.1/2 cups sugar

3 tbls. Cocoa Powder

1 tsp. vanilla essence

½ cup water

* other ingredients

1. Melt the above ingredients together in a bowl over saucepan of hot water (small double boiler is good). When ingredients are melted -

2. Separate 5 eggs* and carefully stir in the yolks only to the melted chocolate - (keep whites aside to whisk in later).

Remove 1 cup of the chocolate mixture and set aside to use for the Icing/Frosting.

3. Whisk the egg whites until stiff.

4. Add the stiffly beaten egg whites to rest of choc. mixture- and fold in carefully.

5. Add 1.1/4 cups of Plain Flour* + 2 tsps. Baking Powder (sifted) * -  

(or use Self-raising flour without Baking Pdr.)  Fold in gently.

Bake for approx. 30 mins in a greased and floured baking dish. 

Test with skewer to make sure it’s cooked through – it cooks quite quickly.  Don’t remove it from the dish. 

Remove from oven and let it cool for just a minute or two, and pierce all over with a skewer.

Pour the Cup of Choc.topping (icing/frosting) over the top of the cake – start in the centre and spread it out gently with a knife, dipped in hot water.  Leave cake to get cold.

Decorate and Eat :o)

(This keeps well wrapped in foil in the fridge, but may go slightly firm and the chocolate may lose its shine, just a little.)