Quick Chocolate Cake

Quick Chocolate Cake
Although this cake won't be as super-light as a Victoria sandwich cake, it is super-fast to make.


Ingredients
6oz soft margarine
3/4 cup (6 oz) fine grained (castor) sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 cups (6oz) cake (self raising) flour
1 1/2 tbs cocoa powder (not drinking chocolate)
1 1/2 tsp baking soda (powder)

Method

1. Preheat oven to 350 deg F (180 deg C). Grease two 8 ins (20cm) sandwich pans (tins) and line the bases with a circle of greased greaseproof paper.

2. Sieve (strain) the flour, baking soda (powder) and cocoa together.

3. In a mixing bowl, put the margarine, eggs, sugar and flour then mix together with an electric mixer or wooden spoon.

4. Once they are mixed together well, carry on beating until the mixture is shiny and smooth - a couple of minutes with an electric mixer.

5. Divide the mixture between the two prepared sandwich pans (tins) and spread the mixture in them evenly with the tops smooth.

6. Bake for about 30 minutes. They should just start to shrink away from the side of the tins when cooked and a skewer or thin bladed knife will come out clean.

6. After a few seconds, turn onto a wire cooling rack and remove paper.

7. Sandwich together with jam, whipped cream or butter icing.