Chocolate and fruit delights recipe

Ingredients

• 300 g butter
• 300 g sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 300 g self-raising flour
• 100 g cocoa powder
• Chocolate frosting
• 300 g strawberries
• 200 g milk chocolate, melted

Method

1. Heat the oven to 180°C (gas 4). Grease a 20cm cake tin and line its base.
2. Beat the butter and sugar until soft and well combined. Add the eggs gradually.
3. Sift the self-raising flour and cocoa over the mixture and fold them in. Add only a small splash of water if needed to reach a soft dropping consistency.
4. Transfer the batter to the tin and bake for about 45 minutes, until the cake springs back when lightly pressed. Cool it on a wire rack.
5. Dip the strawberries in the melted milk chocolate and leave them until the coating has set.
6. Cover the cooled cake with chocolate frosting and decorate it with the chocolate-coated strawberries.