Verdict: Swedish chocolate cake

Rather good actually. It was nicely balanced, dense and slightly chewy - really it was more like a brownie than a typical cake. I do wonder how it would compare to the brownies I did previously though - perhaps at some point I will get around to baking them both and having a back-to-back comparison!

Yet another chocolate cake

Anita and I are off to Jen and Julian's tonight for dinner and board games. So dessert is my responsibility. It's time to try out a recipe that Lindsey gave to me and has raved about - and it's a chocolate cake, so it should be good given her Belgian roots!

Swedish Chocolate Cake
Ingredients

• 120g Butter
• 240g Sugar
• 2tsp Vanilla extract
• 4tbsp (approx 30g) Cocoa powder
• 2 Eggs
• 70g Plain flour
  

Method

1. Melt the butter and mix in the sugar, cocoa powder and vanilla extract.
2. Add the eggs and combine.
3. Sift in the flour and stir until mixed.
4. Pour into a lined cake tin and bake at 160C/Gas Mark 3 for 35-40 mins.

Here it is ready for the oven.And straight from it. I think it looks pretty good!