Thursday 21 November 2013

Emma's Rocky Road Chocolate Cake


Emma baked a recipe from Jo Wheatley, Great British Bake Off Winner.  Check out her website if you need some ideas on what to bake (http://www.josblueaga.com)

Sponge
200 g plain flour
2tsp baking powder
40g cocoa
280g caster sugar
40 g melted plain chocolate (cooled)
80g marg
2 eggs
240 ml milk


Mix flour, baking powder, cocoa, sugar & butter in a food processor until you have a sandy consistency then add half the milk and blend.
Mix eggs, melted chocolate and rest of the milk together in separate bowl and add to the batter.  Give a good mix and divide into 2 sandwich tins and bake for around 25 mins at 160 and cool on wire rack.

Buttercream
500 g icing sugar
125 softened unsalted butter
30 g cocoa
2 tablespoons of milk

Mix butter and icing sugar together then add cocoa and milk.  Beat for 10 mins.

Sandwich the 2 cakes together with the buttercream, then spread the rest on the top.

Toppings
I used 1 Boost bar chopped, 2 packets of Malteasers, popcorn, mini marshmallows and white chocolate buttons but you could go crazy with any topping you like, then drizzle 100g of melted milk chocolate over the top. 

Sunday 10 November 2013

Welcome to our blog!

Here you will find the recipes from our Baking Club members.  Visit our facebook and twitter pages for dates of the next Baking Club, which is held at Kesgrave Library, come along and share your bakes with us.