A Special Birthday Cake (Chocoholic Choccie Cake Recipe)

This is a special cake recipe. 

For many reasons but mainly that it has been used on all big occasions in my family including my own 21st where my mum decorated it with a custom built Tutu Skirt.  

This time I made it for my German Dancer friends birthday.  We celebrated his birthday as a diverse group of dancers, actors, a fashion designer, Americans, Australians, a Brit, a Kiwi and two Japanese at Bill's restaurant in Odaiba http://bills-jp.net/ which serves exquisite Australian style food, but with weird service.

My first go at really decorating a cake since I'm not much of an artist and I still required help to apply the red frosting I had made but didn't know what to do with.  I called my Connecticut Dancer cast mate and she finished it off for me just in time to leave.  

*It's like berry, chocolate, moist, thick, rich goodness...

CHOCOHOLIC CHOCCIE CAKE

SCRIPT:

125g butter

¾ C Castor sugar

2 eggs

1t Vanilla essence

½ C raspberry jam

1 ¼ C Flour

1t BP

½ C of cocoa

1 t soda

1 C milk          

1/2C Choc chips

(I also add a handful of mixed frozen berries to the cake once it's in the tin)

METHOD:

Cream butter, sugar add eggs and vanilla essence beating till well combined.  Mix in jam.

in a separate bowl mix flour, baking powder and cocoa.  warm milk in microwave and dissolve soda in it.

combine all ingredients slowly alternating between flour and milk.  

stir in Choc chips.

pour into lined 22cm cake tin and bake in an oven preheated to 180c for 40-50 minutes.