Wednesday, 30 November 2011

Deep south Chocolate Cake (Pumpkin, Chocolate and Orange Cake)

Nothing to say, this cake is delicious. YUM.

Ingredients:
125g butter
1/2cup caster sugar
1cup warm, mashed cooked pumpkin (just dice boil and mash)
1 egg
1T. golden syrup
1 1/2cup Self Raising Flour
1t. baking soda
2t. custard powder
1T. cocoa (i usually just chuck a heap in)
rind and juice of one orange
optional (100g chocolate finely chopped added to the cake, and whipped cream and chopped banana to serve)

Method:
Preheat oven to 180. Boil pumpkin, mash and let to cool.
Cream butter and sugar, add warm pumpkin gradually.
Beat in egg, golden syrup and grated orange rind.
Sift dry ingredients together and fold in, then fold in orange juice.
Add chocolate chips if you would like then place mixture into a 20cm square tin lined with baking paper and bake for 40minutes.

This is best sandwiched with whipped cream and sliced banana and dusted with icing sugar.

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