Name: Chocolate Letter or Number Cake
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Makes: single layer party cake of 12–20 portions
Ingredients: 1 tsp baking powder; 60 g / 2 oz cocoa powder; 200 g / 7 oz plain dessert chocolate; 60 g / 2 oz butter; 230 g / 8 oz caster sugar; 230 g / 8 oz butter, softened; ½ tsp vanilla essence; 4 eggs; 230 g / 8 oz self-raising flour; 3–4 tbs black coffee or double cream; 60 g / 2 oz icing sugar chocolate buttons, or gold or silver dragees birthday candles in holders

Preparation info

Makes: single layer party cake of
12–20
portions

Difficulty
Complex
Ready in
50 min

Appears in

Cakes

By Geraldene Holt

Published 2011

About

This is a simple and effective celebration cake made in the shape of the initial letter of a name or the significant number to mark a birthday or anniversary. I bake the chocolate sponge cake in a large roasting tray and use a small serrated knife to cut out the shape. The cake cuttings can be used in other recipes such as the Chocolate Dreams or in a baked pudding.