Chocolate cake such as for a birthday

2 CHOCOLATE SPONGE CAKE LAYERS:

MELT AND MIX
Gently melt in pan 5 ounces of marge
1 tblspoon of syrup
6 ounces of icing sugar

ADD
2 round tblspoons coacoa
and mix
(set aside to cool)

SEPARATELY
beat up 3 eggs
mix with 8 ounces of flour

FINALLY mix two mixtures together
Put into 2 8 inch tins and bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes
Tap the bottom, if it sounds hollow it is done.

FILLING - alternatives
Filling A:
1 table spoon of marge
ditto syrup
ditto cocoa
melt together and spread when cool

Filling B:
2 level tblsps of cocoa
1 tblspn of water
heat or mix together
beat together 2 ounces of butter
6 rounded tblspoons of icing sugar
mix with cocoa and water mixture

Improvement, Variation, double quantities

BASE:
MELT AND MIX
Gently melt in pan
11 ounces of marge
2 tblspoon of syrup
11 ounces of sugar (sugar is icing sugar throughout)

ADD
4 round tblspoons coacoa
and mix
(set aside to cool)



SEPARATELY
beat up 5 eggs
mix with 16 ounces of flour



FINALLY mix two mixtures together
Put into 2 8 inch tins and bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes






Get someone to help clean up the bowls!



Tap the bottom, if it sounds hollow it is done.
Turn out onto a wire mesh with an air gap under it to cool.





MAKE THE FUDGE FILLING:
Melt together:
3 ounces marge
12 ounces icing sugar
3 tablespoons coacoa
3 desert spoons milk
Melt together, leave to cool.
Stir before spreading.




Put the two cake halves together with fudge filling in the middle and on top.
Add candles.