Ingredients:
1/4 cup plain flour
1 cup self-raising flour
1/4 cup cocoa
1/4 teaspoon bicarbonate soda
100 g (3.5 oz) butter
1/3 cup jam
2/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup hot water
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 tablespoon jam, extra
Preparation:
- Preheat oven to 170 C (338 F) . Grease a deep 23 cm round cake tin. Line the tin with baking paper.
- Sift the flours, bicarbonate of soda and cocoa into mixing bowl.
- Combine butter, sugar, jam and water in a small pan. Stir over low heat until butter has melted and sugar has dissolved; remove from heat.
- Add butter mixture and eggs to dry ingredients and stir.
- Pour mixture into prepared tin. Bake for 35 minutes.
- Stand cake in tin 15 minutes before turning onto wire rack to cool.
- Heat extra jam in a small pan. Brush hot jam on cake.
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Thank’s so very, very much for the chocolate jam cake recipe. My father has been wanting this for several years but we didn’t have the recipe for it. You have made Christmas special for him. Blessings, Peggy H.
Peggy, I am really glad you like this recipe. Say hello to your father. Merry Christmas!