This is My Chocolate Fudge Cake Recipe!

During my show "Ising on the Cake" I make my favourite chocolate fudge cake and I am often asked for the recipe. I think this a totally wonderful cake. We are like old friends, I have made it for years and it never fails to impress. It is so rich, moist and easy to make. It's a real keeper too - store in the fridge.

The pic of me with the cake is at my first ever "Ising on the Cake" 4 years ago almost to the day.... Wow!

For vintage fans, the dress I am wearing is an original 1950s number I bought in Greenwich Market to wear to a 21st birthday party 18 years ago, which is also when I learnt how to make the cake. Gosh that shows my age!

So here it is, enjoy!

Chocolate Fudge Cake

Cake
5 size 7 eggs
2 cups of caster sugar
1½ cups of mayonnaise
2 ½ cups of plain flour
¾ cup of cocoa powder
2 tea spoons of baking powder
2 tea spoons of bicarbonate of soda
2/3 cup of tepid water

Icing
250g of soft room temperature butter
500g of icing sugar
¾ cup of cocoa powder
Hot water from the kettle, just off the boil
Tin – Round spring loaded 22cm. Line with baking paper. Oven 145°c

Method
1 Whisk eggs and sugar on high speed for the length of one song! The eggs and sugar should be white and fluffy.
2 Mix in mayonnaise on a slow speed until combined.
3 Sieve all dry ingredients and add to the egg mix. Combine on slow speed and gradually add the water. Give the bowl a scrape and re-mix on a medium speed until all ingredients are well combined and smooth.
4 Pour cake mix into a prepared tin (I line with greaseproof paper) and bake cake in the middle of the oven for 1 hour and 20-25mins. Test with a cake tester. Cake is cooked when the cake tester comes out clean.
5 Once cake is cool make icing. On a slow speed beat soft room temperature butter with sieved icing sugar and cocoa powder. Gradually add the hot water (should be around ¼ cup) as the ingredients combine. Once all ingredients are bound together whip the icing, scrape the bowl and then whip again. Ice cake - as seen in the show!