Aunt May's Chocolate Cake

• 5oz Self raising flour
• 6oz castor sugar
• 6oz soft margarine
• 3oz drinking chocolate powder
• 3 large eggs
• 3 table spoons of water

Method

Grease and line 8-9in cake tin.

Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl. Stir gently to begin with until all ingredients are combined. Beat for two minutes.
Transfer the mixture to the prepared tin and bake in the centre of the oven 180c.
Cook for about 1 hour until well risen and firm. Leave the cake in the tin for 5 minutes. Then turn onto a wire rack to cool.
Coat the top with plain chocolate. (Melt the chocolate by placing cubes in a basin and placing basin over a saucepan of boiling water. Do not allow the basin to touch the water.)


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