Cake #145 - TGIF

Friends First Friday Cake - TGIF, Chocolate Cake with Marble Icing.

You cannot always succeed with the looks of your cake but TGIF!!!

Chocolate Sponge
175g self-raising flour
2 tbsp cocoa powder
1 tsp soda
150g caster sugar
2 large eggs
150 ml sunflower oil
150 ml milk
2 tbsp syrup

1. Preheat the oven to 180 C/ 350 F and grease and flour a 1 kg loaf pan.
2. Sieve flour, cocoa and soda into a bowl. Add sugar and mix well.
3. Make a well in the centre and add syrup, eggs, oil and milk. Beat well until smooth.
4. Spoon the mixture into the pan and bake for 35-40 minutes until risen and firm to the touch. Remove from oven and leave to cool before spreading the icing.

Marble Icing
100 g butter
300 g icing sugar
2 tbsp cocoa powder
a drop of milk

50 g white chocolate, melted

1. Beat together all ingredients for the icing until smooth.
2. Spread the icing on the cake.
3. Pipe the melted white chocolate on the icing and mix a little to create a marble look.
4. Make some plain icing with icing sugar and a drop of water and write TGIF on the cake as the icing does not look good at all.