Moist & Sticky Chocolate Cake

This fab creation was made for a certain LUSH's birthday, while fabulously hungover!

Ingredients

Cake

• 250g Unsalted butter
• 300g Caster Sugar
• 1tsp Vanilla Essence
• 3 Eggs
• 200g Self-raising Flour
• 50g Cocoa Powder
• 100g Milk Choc Drops

Buttercream Icing

• 185g butter, softened
• 2 1/4 cups icing sugar mixture
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 2 Tbsp Cocoa Powder

Method - Cake

1. Butter and line a cake tin, for this I used a 20cm round approx.
2. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.
3. Gently melt the butter in a large saucepan, cool for 5 mins
4. Add sugar, vanilla and eggs, to Melted butter then beat until smooth with a wooden spoon.
5. Stir in the flour, cocoa and ¼ tsp salt.
6. Stir in the milk chocolate drops and bake for 35 mins until risen all over and a skewer comes out with a few damp crumbs. ( cooking time will vary depending on tin size)

Method - Icing

1. Combine Butter, Icing Sugar, cocoa powder & Milk in a bowl and beat until well combined & creamy
2. Once caked has cooled ice, & decorate as necessary. We used shaved choc & choc biscuits