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                     INGREDIENTS: 
                      CAKE 
                      MIXTURE  
                      2 cups 
                      self-raising flour  
                      1/4 cups 
                      caster sugar, or white sugar chopped in the blender  
                      6 Tbsp 
                      cocoa, (Use more if you like)  
                      1/2 tsp 
                      bicarbonate of soda  
                      1/4 tsp 
                      salt  
                      2 eggs  
                      1 cup 
                      milk  
                      4 oz 
                      butter or margarine  
                      1/2 Tsp 
                      vanilla  
                      TOPPING 
                       
                      1 cup 
                      cream, whipped with a little icing sugar  
                      3 oz 
                      cooking chocolate  
                      1/2 oz 
                      copha  
                      nuts 
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                     DIRECTIONS: 
                      Sift 
                      the dry ingredients together in a mixing bowl.   
                      Soften the butter and add with the milk and vanilla to dry 
                      ingredients.   
                      Beat for 2 mins with a wooden spoon or until smooth.  
                      Add eggs and beat another 2 mins.   
                      Pour into an 8 inch round cake tin (I find the collapsible 
                      type best).  
                      Cook in a moderate 350-375 deg. F oven for 1 hour.  
                       
                      Turn the cooled cake over, slice into two layers and fill 
                      with cream.  
                      Melt chocolate with copha (do not burn) and pour over cake, 
                      dribbling it down the side.  
                      Decorate with almonds, pecans or walnuts.  
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