Sharon and Peter's visit and Sue's Chocolate Cake

Well they say good comes from bad so as we did not go away Sharon and Peter called in to see us as Pete had some work in Newquay, Torquay and Bridport.

Stella worked an extra day today so we had Lainie here for the day.

Sue baked a chocolate cake with a recipe that Lindy left when she was down last. The cake is absolutely lush apart from the fact that it has 3 eggs and so I can only have a very small piece at a time due to my intolerance of eggs, everyone except me enjoys this fact. I find it quite amusing really but people will only know so if they bother to read this! Recipe below.

Chocolate cake which is lush

 Chocolate Cake, recipe from Lindy

6 ½ oz Unsalted Butter, chopped

9 oz dark/milk chocolate chips

7 ½ oz self raising flour

1 ½ oz unsweetened cocoa powder

13 oz caster sugar

3 eggs lightly beaten

Chocolate topping

¾ oz unsalted butter, chopped

4 ½ oz dark/milk chocolate, chopped

Pre heat oven 160c / 315f  or gas mark 2 – 3

Grease 22cm / 8 ½ inch spring form tin and line base with baking paper

Place butter and chocolate bits in a bowl and melt, stirring frequently, over a saucepan of simmering water

Sift flour and cocoa in a large bowl

Combine melted butter and choc mixture, sugar and eggs, then add 250ml / 9fl oz water and mix well, add to flour and cocoa mixture until well combined.

Pour mixture into prepared tin and bake for 1hr 30mins or until skewer comes out clean from the centre of the cake.

Leave in the tin for 15mins before turning out onto a wire rack to cool

To make chocolate topping place butter and chocolate pieces in a bowl and melt over a pan of simmering water. Spread over the cake

When cool find a nice comfortable seat and ENJOY