Name: Honey chocolate cake
Cook time: 75 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 200 gram dark chocolate, chopped; 1 1/3 cup honey; 250 gram butter; 2 teaspoon vanilla essence; 2/3 cup caster sugar; 4 eggs; 1 1/2 cup plain flour; 1 cup self-raising flour; Honey frosting; 125 gram butter; 125 gram packet cream cheese; 1/4 cup honey; 30 gram dark chocolate, grated

Ingredients

200 gram dark chocolate, chopped

1 1/3 cup honey

250 gram butter

2 teaspoon vanilla essence

2/3 cup caster sugar

4 eggs

1 1/2 cup plain flour

1 cup self-raising flour

Honey frosting

125 gram butter

125 gram packet cream cheese

1/4 cup honey

30 gram dark chocolate, grated

Method

1.Grease a 23cm square slab pan, line base with paper and grease the paper.

2.Melt chocolate over hot water and stir in honey. Cool to room temperature.

3.Cream butter, essence and sugar in small bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time, beat until combined.

4.Transfer mixture to large bowl, stir in half the sifted flours and half the chocolate mixture then remaining flours and chocolate mixture. Pour into prepared pan. Bake in moderate oven for about 1 hour. Stand 5 minutes before turning on to wire rack to cool. Spread cold cake with frosting.

5.To make honey frosting, cream butter and cream cheese in small bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy, then stir in honey and chocolate.

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