Chocolate Poppy cakes

Name: How to cook Chocolate Poppy cakes - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 24 cakes
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Amazing Lady ( Grace)

Chocolate Poppy cakes

Made these for the 11th November, as I know there will be a “ Full House” at our local watering hole at West Drayton.... to celebrate Remembrance Sunday 100 years, ... used “ classic/ basic” recipe I have used for ages... (Recipe shows for 24 cakes, but at the time I made enough for 48 cakes plus extras...)

Ingredient

Food ration :

24 cakes

200 grams

best Margarine or butter

200 grams

Sugar

200 grams

Self Raising Flour

Eggs

50 grams

Cocoa Powder

tablespoons(about) Milk

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Beat Margarine (or Butter), sugar until soft and smooth.(using a mixer if you have one!!)

* Step 2

Mix Self Raising Flour with Cocoa Powder, with a hand whisk, to remove lumps, in a bowl

* Step 3

Whisk lightly the eggs to a smooth mix and set aside

* Step 4

Using a mixer, add the flour/ Cocoa mix, plus the beaten eggs,to the butter / sugar mix, bit by bit until all are combined, then whisk for a further few minutes until the mix is very light and just falls off the whisk..

* Step 5

Put about a rounded tablespoon of mix into each cake cake, and cook the two trays in a medium to hot oven for ten minutes, swop the trays, turning at same time, cook for a further ten minutes, or until a skewer, inserted, comes out clean..Cool on a rack for at least 30 minutes...

* Step 6

Meanwhile roll out the red icing on an icing sugar covered board, and shape into 24 poppy shapes. Place onto foil. Add small rounds of brown/ black for centres. (Stick them on with a little water, brushed onto the surface.)Spread a small amount of chocolate frosting on top of each cake and then add the Poppy shapes, pressing down to stick them in place.