Name: Very chocolatey cake
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 6
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 3 eggs; 200g golden caster sugar; 200g very soft butter; 200g self-raising flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 3 tbsp cocoa powder; 100g chocolate drops (milk, plain, white or a mix of all three); 300g soft butter; 100g icing sugar; 400g melted plain chocolate

3 eggs
200g golden caster sugar
200g very soft butter
200g self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
3 tbsp cocoa powder
100g chocolate
drops (milk, plain, white or a mix of all three)

For the icing

300g soft butter
100g icing sugar
400g melted plain chocolate

Method

step 1
Ask a grown-up to switch the oven on to 180C/160C fan/ gas 4. Break the eggs into a small bowl and scoop out any bits of shell, then tip them into a large bowl.
step 2
Put the sugar and butter in a bowl, then sift over the flour, baking powder and cocoa.
step 3
Beat everything together using a wooden spoon or electric beaters, then stir in the chocolate drops.
step 4
Spoon half of the mixture into each tin and smooth the tops.
step 5
Ask a grown-up to bake the cakes for 20-25 mins or until risen and a skewer comes out clean. Cool in the tin for 5 mins, then turn out onto a rack.
step 6
Beat the butter and icing sugar, then fold in the chocolate. Spread over the middle, sandwich the cakes together, then dust with icing sugar.