Chocolate Fudge Cake

Ingredients

• 350 g Plain flour
• 40 g Cocoa powder
• 1 tsp Bicarbonate of soda
• 2 tsp Baking Powder
• 1/4 tsp Salt
• 300 g Light brown sugar
• 140 g Butter
• 300 ml Milk
• 1 tsp Vanilla extract
• 150 ml Vegetable Oil
• 400 g can Condensed milk
• 200 g Dark chocolate
• 150 ml Double cream
• 50 g Butter
• 1 tsp Vanilla extract

Instructions

1. 1

   Grease and line two 23cm sandwich tins (that are at least 2" deep), and pre-heat your oven to 180C(160C Fan)/350F/Gas Mark 4

2. 2

   Sift the plain flour, cocoa powder, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder and salt into a bowl and mix together

3. 3

   Add the light brown sugar and mix in, trying to break up any lumps

4. 4

   Melt the butter on a low heat then stir the milk, vegetable oil and the vanilla extract into it

5. 5

   Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and mix it all together well

6. 6

   Split the mixture evenly between the two tins, bake for 30 minutes. Take them out, remove from the tin and leave to cool

7. 7

   To make the chocolate fudge frosting heat the condensed milk with the double cream in a pan on a medium heat until it bubbles. Stir it for about 5 minutes, then take it off the heat and add the butter, the dark chocolate and the vanilla extract. Once they melt, stir the mixture and leave it to cool completely

8. 8

   Put the first sponge layer on a cake stand and spread frosting over it. Add the other sponge layer and cover the whole cake with the frosting

9. 9

   Store leftovers in an airtight container in a cool place and eat within 3 days