Chocolate Tray Bake

 This is a lovely recipe if you looking for a cake that would go well with tea or coffee...!!

Recipe source: What's cooking chocolate Book

Ingredients:

• 3 cups self -raising flour
• 3 tbsp cocoa powder
• 1 cup caster sugar
• 1 cup soft margarine
• 4 eggs beaten
• 4 tbsp milk
• 1/3 cup milk chocolate chips
• icing sugar to dust if you need

Method:

1. Place all of the ingredients except chocolate chips and icing sugar in a large mixing bowl and beat together until smooth.
2. Beat in the milk and add chocolate chips.
3. Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and level on top.
4. Bake in a preheated oven, 175C for 30-40 minutes until risen and springy to the touch.
5. Leave to cool.
6. Once cool, dust with icing sugar  if you want. cut into squares to serve.

Variation: For an attractive finish, cut thin strips of paper and lay in a crisscross pattern on top of the cake. Dust with icing sugar , then remove the paper strips.