Ellies Christmas Treacle Cake

Ingredients

• 2 oz cocoa
• 6oz self-raising flour
• 4 eggs
• 6 oz black treacle
• 6 oz light soft sugar
• 8 oz butter

Directions

Cream together butter, sugar and treacle. Gradually beat in eggs. Sieve together flour and cocoa and fold into mixture.

Bake in 2 8-9 inch sponge tins at 350(F)/180(C)/Gas Mark 4 for 50 minutes. When cooled fill with butter icing and cover in chocolate icing (or whatever takes your fancy).

This recipe comes from a friend of mine in Christchurch, Dorset (England). Thanks Ellie:)