Chocolate Rock Cakes
Chocolate rock cakes are a really quick and easy cake to make. While they don't look like much they taste amazing. Why not make them with your kids
Servings: 12 cakes
Equipment
- Baking tray
- Mixing bowl
- Scissors
- Forks
- Wire Rack
Ingredients
- 8 oz self raising flour
- pinch salt
- 3 oz butter
- 4 oz plain chocolate
- 3 oz castor sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons milk
- few drops vanilla essence
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 C, 350 F, Gas Mark 4
- Grease a baking tray.
- Add the flour and salt to a bowl with the butter or margarine.
- Rub the butter into the flour until it resembles fine breadcrumbs.
- Cut the chocolate into small chunks using a knife or scissors.
- Add the chocolate and sugar to the flour and mix. Make a well in the centre of the mixture.
- Add the milk, egg and vanilla essence and mix until it forms a stiff dough.
- Using two forks make 12 heaps of the mixture on the baking tray.
- Bake for 10-15 minutes until lightly brown.
- Leave to cool on a wire rack.
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Notes
Chocolate rock cakes are a simple and quick bake to make that are perfect for cooking with children.
Instead of chocolate you could use raisins, mixed peel, chopped nuts or cherries
Why not add a little flavour by adding a teaspoon of mixed spice?