Birthday Chocolate Traybake
Traditionally, in Ireland, birthday cakes would have contained dried fruit embedded within a dense sponge or sweet bread base. Now we serve up cakes of all flavours with chocolate being a firm favourite. I find this traybake especially helpful for making
SERVES
20
PEOPLE
PREP TIME
35
MINUTES
COOKING TIME
40
MINUTES
Ingredients
For the cake
8 eggs, separated
380g golden caster sugar
400g soft butter
400g self-raising flour
4 tbs cocoa powder, sieved
2 tsp baking powder, sieved
4 tbs milk
To decorate
150g dark chocolate, melted
300g soft butter
600g icing sugar
2 tsp vanilla




