Basic Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

• 6 oz self-raising flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 2 tbsp cocoa powder
• 6 oz butter
• 6 oz superfine sugar
• 3 eggs
• to taste marmalade

Steps

1. Preheat the oven to 170°C fan/convection.
2. Grease 2 round cake tins and line with baking paper.
3. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa powder, and baking powder.
4. Beat the butter and sugar together until fluffy.
5. Beat in the eggs until well-combined.
6. Mix in the flour mixture just until combined.
7. Divide the batter evenly between the prepared tins.
8. Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven until a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean.
9. Leave to cool for 10 minutes.
10. Turn the cake out onto a cooling rack.
11. When completely cool, cover one cake layer with a generous, even layer of marmalade.
12. Place the second cake on top.
13. If desired, dust the top with a small amount of powdered sugar as decoration.