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Microwave Chocolate Cake
Makes 1 cake
Ingredients250 ml (1 cup) cake flour185 ml (¾ cup) Huletts White Sugar 62 ml (¼ cup) cocoa 10 ml (2 t) Moir's Baking Powder 2 ml (½ t) salt 5 ml (1 t) Moir's Vanilla Essence 3 eggs 125 ml (½ cup) cooking oil 250 ml (1 cup) warm water Icing: 500 ml (2 cups) Huletts Icing Sugar 37,5 ml (2½ T) cocoa 200 g margarine 5 ml Moir's Vanillla Essence Moir's Glacé Cherries, 100's & 1000's or Chocolate Vermicelli |
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Method
- Grease a cake pan suitable for microwave baking.
- In a mixing bowl, sift all the dry ingredients together and mix.
- Beat the eggs and oil together and mix in with dry ingredients.
- Add the water and mix until the batter is lump-free.
- Bake for 8 - 10 minutes on the highest setting in the microwave oven.
- Remove from microwave oven and leave to rest for 2-3 minutes before turning out.
- Leave to cool completely before icing the cake.
For the icing:
- Beat the icing sugar, cocoa, 200g soft margarine and vanilla essence together until light and fluffy.
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Estimated costing, mark-up & suggested selling price
| Ingredients: | R 26.00 |
| Electricity / refrigeration: | R 0.35 |
| Packaging: | R 2.00* |
| Total expenses: | R 28.35 |
| Recommended mark-up: | R 13.65 |
| Total: | R 42.00 |
| Recommended selling price per bite: (R42.00 divided by 12 slices) |
R 3.50 |
| *Should you use serviettes or paper plates for packaging, remember to include this in your cost | |