Chocolate School Cake

 

https://www.janespatisserie.com/2022/08/15/chocolate-school-cake/

Ingredients

Cake

• 400 g unsalted butter
• 400 g caster sugar
• 8 medium eggs
• 325 g self raising flour
• 75 g cocoa powder
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Icing

• 400 g icing sugar
• 50 g cocoa powder
• 4-5 tbsp water

Sprinkles

• chocolate sprinkles

Instructions

For the Cake

• Preheat your oven to 180C/160C Fan and line a 9x13" Traybake tin with parchment paper.
• Beat together your butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add in the eggs, self raising flour, cocoa powder and vanilla extract and beat again until combined well. 
• Pour into the tin and bake in the oven for 45-50 minutes, or until baked through. 
• Once baked, let the cake cool fully in the tin.

For the Icing

• Add the icing sugar and cocoa powder to a medium sized bowl, and gradually add the water, mixing well each time, until a thick icing paste is made.
• Carefully spread the icing over the cake evenly.

Sprinkles

• Sprinkle over your favourite chocolate sprinkles!

Link for the Vanilla one -

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/school-days-sprinkle-sponge