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MINI CHOCOLATE CREAM CAKES WITH RASPBERRIE­S & MINT

Makes 12 (See page 135)

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Cake

3 eggs

250ml milk

290g white sugar

40g cocoa

1 tsp bicarbonat­e of soda 250g self-raising flour 180g salted butter, melted 20ml apple cider vinegar

Topping 400ml cream suitable for

whipping

2 tsp icing sugar (optional) ½ tsp vanilla extract

2 tsp lemon juice

150g raspberry jam

150g raspberrie­s

Mint leaves, to decorate

1. To make the cake, preheat oven to 160°C. Grease a 30cm x 22cm slab tin that is 6cm deep. Line base with baking paper and grease again.

2. Using hand-held beaters or a stand mixer, beat cake ingredient­s in a bowl for 3 minutes. Transfer to tin. Bake for 30 minutes, or until a metal skewer inserted into centre comes out clean. Leave to stand in tin for 5 minutes, before turning onto a wire rack to cool completely.

3. To make the topping, using hand-held beaters or a stand mixer, whip cream with icing sugar (if using) and vanilla until soft peaks form. Stir in lemon juice.

4. To assemble, cut 6cm circles from cake using scone or biscuit cutters. Spread each with a teaspoonfu­l of raspberry jam. Pipe or spoon cream on top and decorate with raspberrie­s and mint leaves.

TIP: The off-cuts from this cake can be frozen and used to make truffles or rum balls at another time.

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