Lemon and Chocolate Layer Cake

Morning!

So, I said I would post the recipe for this cake if it went well, and in the end...well, it tasted amazing, but there was a minor disaster on the presentation front. Fortunately though my camera is off somewhere being fixed, so I couldn't take a photo even if I wanted to.

This is a picture of how the cake should look, taken from the book-

This recipe is from a cookbook back at home (in the UK) which I scanned before coming out here and I can't for the life of me remember the name of- I don't suppose it really matters though, as long as I give full credit to the author, whoever she is!

Anyway, ingredients-

• 12oz plain flour
• pinch of salt
• 3 tsp baking powder
• 4 1/2 oz butter
• 4 1/2 oz caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tbsp lemon rind
• 200ml milk
• 6oz grated chocolate (I put the bar in the fridge first and then grate it, to stop it melting all over my hands!)

What to do-

1. Pre-heat the oven to 190C and grease a 7 inch cake tin and line the base with baking paper
2. Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder
3. Rub in the butter
4. Add the sugar, eggs, lemon ring and milk and mix until smooth
5. Pour one third of the mixture into the cake tin, cover with one third of the grated chocolate
6. Repeat the layers until all the mixture is used and top the cake with the last of the chocolate
7. Turn down the oven to 180C and cook for one hour
8. IMPORTANT PART- remove the cake from the oven and leave in the tin for 30 mins before removing and allowing it to cool

I didn't leave my cake for long enough after I took it out of the oven and after I removed it from the tin one side of it fell off! But it still tasted great :)

Hope you enjoy!

Helen x