Fudge Cake

Ingredients:
  • 3/4 cup butter
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 cups self-rising flour
  • 4 tsp baking powder
  • 2/3 cup milk
  • 1/2 tsp almond extract
CREAM FILLING
  • 1/4 lb butter
  • 1 1/2 cups icing sugar
  • juice of 1/2 lemon
FUDGE ICING
  • 1/4 lb butter
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 3tbsp milk
  • 2cups icing sugar
  • flaked almonds and chocolate curls, to garnish

cooking time:

Method:
  1. Pre-heat oven to 400(F)
  2. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
  3. Add honey and eggs, beating well.
  4. Sift flour and baking powder and add to butter mixture alternately with milk and almond extract.
  5. Divide mixture between 3 I inc greased and lined cake pans.
  6. Bake for 18-20 minutes or until cooked when tested.
  7. Remove from pans to cake rack and allow to cool.
  8. To make cream filling, beat utter and icing sugar together with lemon juice.
  9. Sandwich cake layers together with cream mixture.
  10. To make fudge icing, combine butter, honey and milk in saucepan.
  11. Gently heat until butter melts, then heat until nearly boiling.
  12. Remove from heat and sift in icing sugar, beating until icing thickens.
  13. Spread icing over top of came and allow to drizzle down the sides.
  14. Cool and decorate with almonds and chocolate curls.

Enjoy this toothsome cream filled fudge cake which is covered with fudge icing.