Chocolate cake with Malted buttercream

A very straightforward cake recipe... And i thought the malted buttercream made a really nice alternative to using coffee or chocolate (so did Superman!)

  

Ingredients

Chocolate cake

Stork 175g

Caster sugar 175g

Self raising flour 150g

Cocoa powder 25g

Eggs 3

Baking powder 1tsp

Vanilla essense 1/2 tsp

Malted buttercream

Softened butter 100g

Icing sugar 200g

Hot water 20ml

Ovaltine 2tsp

Method

1) Cream together Stork and caster sugar until light and fluffy

2) Add other cake ingredients and mix until well combined

3) Divide mixture between 2 tins and bake for 30mins on 170C

4) For the buttercream, beat butter until soft

5) Gradually beat in the icing sugar

6) Dissolve Ovaltine in the hot water and add until buttercream is of the desired consistency

7) Use the buttercream to sandwich the cake together and to cover

8) Add desired topping (cherries are Superman's favourites apparently!)

9) Next time i make this i think i will be adding cherry jam to the middle :-)

  

Chunky choc chip cookies

This recipe is very quick to do and makes 15-20 cookies depending on how big you want them. The picture only shows 3 because my husband and son wouldnt stop eating them!!

Ingredients
Margarine 100g
Soft light brown sugar 50g
Dark brown soft sugar 25g
Syrup 2tbsp
Self raising flour 175g
Mixed chocolate chunks 100g
Milk 2tbsp

1) Pre heat oven to 180C and grease 2 baking trays
2) Cream sugars together with margarine until fluffy
3) Add syrup, flour, milk and mix until mixture comes together
4) Gently mix in chocolate chunks
5) Put spoonfuls of mixture on the tray, making sure you spread them out
6) Bake for 10mins
7) Transfer to wire rack immediately
8) Enjoy!