7L THERMAL COOKER
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Chocolate Cake
• 160g of butter
• 1 cup of castor sugar
• 4 tablespoons of cocoa
• ½ cup of boiling water
• 1 tablespoon of whisky (optional)
• 3 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 cup of self-raising flour, sifted
• ½ cup of plain flour, sifted
• 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon of vanilla essence
Method
1. Place water in saucepan, bring to boil then reduce to simmer
2. Place butter and sugar in a metal bowl and place directly over saucepan
3. Melt the butter and sugar
4. Stir in the whisky and allow the mixture to cool
5. Grease the base of the cake tin and line with baking paper
6. Mix the lightly beaten eggs into the cooled mixture
7. Fold in the sifted flour, cocoa and cinnamon
8. Stir in the vanilla essence
9. Put the mixture into the cake tin and cover with secure lid
10. If there is no lid, cut a piece of baking paper to size and put on top of cake tin
11. Cover the top of the cake tin with a suitable lid to prevent condensation entering,
if there is no lid available, use foil
12. Place trivet inside inner pot and rest cake tin on it
13. Carefully pour in enough hot water to come halfway up the side of the cake tin
14. Bring the water to the boil
15. Put on the lid and simmer for approximately 35 minutes
16. Turn off the heat and place the inner pot into the insulated thermal container
17. Close the lid and leave for a minimum of 3 hours
18. Once cake is cooked, remove from cake tin, allow to cool and decorate as desired