FUDGE CAKE RECIPE

Ingredients:

3/4 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 tbsp honey
3 eggs
2 cups self-rising flour
4 tsp baking powder
2/3 cup milk
1/2 tsp almond extract
CREAM FILLING
1/4 lb butter
1 1/2 cups icing sugar
juice of 1/2 lemon
FUDGE ICING
1/4 lb butter
1 tbsp honey
3tbsp milk
2cups icing sugar
flaked almonds and chocolate curls, to garnish

How to make fudge cake:

• Pre-heat oven to 400(F)
• Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add honey and eggs, beating well.
• Sift flour and baking powder and add to butter mixture alternately with milk and almond extract.
• Divide mixture between 3 I inc greased and lined cake pans.
• Bake for 18-20 minutes or until cooked when tested.
• Remove from pans to cake rack and allow to cool.
• To make cream filling, beat utter and icing sugar together with lemon juice.
• Sandwich cake layers together with cream mixture.
• To make fudge icing, combine butter, honey and milk in saucepan.
• Gently heat until butter melts, then heat until nearly boiling.
• Remove from heat and sift in icing sugar, beating until icing thickens.
• Spread icing over top of came and allow to drizzle down the sides.
• Cool and decorate with almonds and chocolate curls.