Traditional Chocolate Sandwich Cake

Name: Traditional Chocolate Sandwich Cake
Yield: Serves 6-8
Ingredients: 125 g/4 oz caster sugar; 170 g/6 oz butter, room temperature; 140 g/5 oz flour and ½ tsp baking powder and 30 g/1 oz cocoa powder; sieved together; 140 g/5 oz flour and ½ tsp baking powder and 30 g/1 oz cocoa powder; sieved together; 140 g/5 oz flour and ½ tsp baking powder and 30 g/1 oz cocoa powder; sieved together; 3 large eggs

Preparation info

Serves
6-8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Chocolate

By Sara Jayne Stanes

Published 1999

About

This is a cake which I remember vividly from my childhood. It is one of those which should only be made by an aunt or grandmother and to which, as a child, you look forward on every rare visit. It has to be filled with a sugary vanilla filling to be absolutely genuine.

Ingredients

170 g/6 oz butter, room temperature
125 g/4

Vegetarian
Cake

Method

Lightly butter and flour two 18 cm (7 in) sandwich tins. Preheat oven to 190°C/375°F/gas 5.