Chocolate Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting - cooking recipe

Ingredients

For the cake
3 eggs
170 g brown sugar
120 g flour
30 g cocoa
50 g unsalted butter
2 tablespoons milk
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the chocolate custard
1 egg
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon cocoa
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1/2 pint milk
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
For the frosting
50 g unsalted butter
100 g cream cheese
2 tablespoons honey
cocoa, for dusting

Preparation

Prepare the custard by whisking the egg with the sugar. Add the cocoa and corn starch, the milk and place over a low heat stirring with a wooden spoon until the custard thickens. Remove from the heat, stir in the butter and allow to cool.
Now on to the cake: Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Grease a 20cm/8in cake tin with some butter and dust it with flour.
Beat the eggs with sugar and butter until fluffy. Blend in the rest of the ingredients and stir until smooth. Gently pour the mixture on to the cake tin.
Bake in the oven for 25-35 minutes, or until the top is firm to the touch and a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.
Remove the cake from the oven and allow to cool completely.
Transfer the cake to a serving plate. Cut the cake in half and spread the chocolate custard on the bottom half of the cake, then carefully top with the other half.
Prepare the frosting by blending the butter with the cream cheese and the honey.
Ice the cake all over with the cream cheese icing, using a palette knife. Dust the top with a small amount of cocoa.