Butterscotch Fudge Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 12 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 37 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 100 g dark chocolate
• 50 ml oil
• 150 ml water
• 100 g margarine
• 225 g caster sugar
• 300 g self-raising flour
• 100 g butter
• 100 g soft brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 350 g icing sugar, sieved
• cocoa powder (for sprinkling)

Recipe

• 1 break the chocolate into a bowl.
• 2 add oil, water and margarine.
• 3 heat on high flame for 4 minutes, stirring every minute.
• 4 beat the rest of the ingredients till the mixture is smooth, turn into a medium lined souffle dish and cook on low flame for 20 minutes.
• 5 leave to stand for 10 minutes, turn onto a rack and cool.
• 6 for the frosting, put the butter into a microwave-proof bowl with the sugar and put on high flame for 3 minutes, stirring every minute.
• 7 stir in the milk and vanilla essence.
• 8 microwave on full for a minute.
• 9 beat in the icing sugar and continue beating until thickened.
• 10 split the cake in half and sandwich the layers together with a layer of the frosting.
• 11 cover the cake with the remaining frosting, swirling it with a knife blade.
• 12 dust the top with cocoa powder.