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Chocolate Cake

A home-style Chocolate Cake made with Flour, Butter Softened, Superfine Sugar, Granulated Sugar, and Water. Scale it up or down for the number of people at the table.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cup
• 3/4 cup
• 3/4 cup
• 1/2 cup
• 2/3 cup
• 6 oz

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 325F (165C).

2. 2

   Sift flour, baking powder and spices into a bowl.

3. 3

   Add margarine, superfine sugar and eggs.

4. 4

   Blend cocoa powder with hot water and add to flour mixture.

5. 5

   Beat well with a wooden spoon 2 minutes or 1 minute if using an electric mixer.

6. 6

   Turn mixture into prepared pan.

7. 7

   Bake in preheated oven 1-1/4 hours or until well risen and cake begins to shrink from edges of pan.

8. 8

   Carefully turn out cake onto a wire rack and cool.

9. 9

   Combine granulated sugar and 2/3 cup water in a saucepan. Add cinnamon and heat gently, stirring to dissolve sugar. Boil 5 minutes.

10. 10

    Add rum, remove from heat, and discard cinnamon; let cool slightly.

11. 11

    Place cake on a plate. Spoon syrup over cake and let stand 2 hours.

12. 12

    Melt chocolate; carefully spooon over cake, spreading to give a smooth even coating.

13. 13

    Let stand refrigerated several hours, or overnight.

14. 14

    Drizzle with white chocolate, let it set, and serve.