Servings:

Makes 21 cakes

Level of difficulty:

Easy

Ingredients

Plain Cakes

175g Margarine
175g Sugar
3 Large Eggs
25g Cornflour
175g SR Flour

To do chocolate cakes

Add 1tsp 100% chocolate powder (Divine Oxfam)to the flour.

Topping Glace Icing

175g Sieved Icing Sugar
2-3 tbl hot water
Hundrends and Thousands
Cherries halved

Topping for chocolate cakes.

Bar of milk or plain chocolate.

Method

1. Pre-heat oven on Gas 5, Elec 375F 190C.
2. Place baking cases in bun trays.
3. In large mixing bowl, mix/beat together margarine and sugar until creamy.
4. Add the eggs and mix/beat until smooth.
5. Sieve flour, cornflour and (chocolate powder if using)together and add to mixture.
6. When you are mixing the flour in always stir with a metal spoon. Stir the mixture round the bowl once; bring the spoon down the middle of the mixture twice lifting as you get to the bottom, continue until mixture is smooth. This lift adds more air into the mixture. As you continue you can see the volume changing.
7. Fill cases just above half with the mixture.
8. Bake in oven for 15-20 minutes until light brown and spring back when touched.
9. Sift the icing sugar into a mixing bowl. Gradually add the hot water. Beat the icing well with a wooden spoon, adding more icing sugar or liquid to achieve a consistency. Let it just find its own level in the mixing bowl. Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a saucepan of simmering water. Stir until smooth. Ice each cake, place a cherry on each one and sprinkle with hundred and thousands.