Magic Chocolate Cake
I've seen various recipes and flavours for this so-called 'magic cake' on several blogs and in a woman's magazine. I liked the idea of trying a chocolate one , but I can't honestly say where the original recipe comes from, as all the blogs I looked at referred back to a different blog! I think the original idea came from this Spanish blog . Why is it magic, well you have one very runny batter, and when it's cooked you have a 3 layer cake. The middle layer is really a chocolate custard. The mixture is so runny that I thought I'd forgotten an ingredient [it's like a pancake batter], but having checked the various recipes, I hadn't. It's the top and bottom layers that hold the middle custard together. Well it's something different to try! You need: 4 eggs at room temperature 150g caster sugar 1 tbspn water 125g butter 70g flour 45g cocoa pinch salt 500ml full fat milk few drops lemon juice Preheat oven 160C/gas3 Grease a roun...