Ma Annas Choc Cake

Recipe Courtesy - @moir’s

Ingredients

• 125 ml cocoa
• 250 ml boiling water
• 430 ml cake flour
• 375 ml sugar
• 15 ml MOIR’S baking powder
• 5 ml MOIR’S vanilla essence
• 4 extra large eggs, separated
• 125 ml oil
• For the centre
• 1 x 360 g can caramel filling

Luxury Chocolate Icing

Ingredients:

• 140 g butter
• 140 g icing sugar
• 5 ml MOIR’S vanilla essence
• 100 g milk chocolate, melted
• Method: Beat together the butter, icing sugar and
• essence. Add the chocolate and mix through.

Method

1. Mix the cocoa and water and stir until cocoa has dissolved.
2. Sift the flour, sugar and baking powder together and make a well in the centre.
3. Add the cocoa mixture, essence, egg yolks and oil into the well and mix well until the mixture is smooth.
4. Beat egg whites until stiff peaks forms and fold into the mixture.
5. Divide the mixture between two greased cake tins.
6. Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 25 – 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
7. Cool slightly and turn out onto a wire rack.
8. Cool completely.
9. Spread caramel filling in between the layers and top with chocolate icing.
10. Decorate with fresh cherries and pecan nuts dipped in melted white chocolate.
11. Drizzle with melted milk or dark chocolate.