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dinosaur cake

At the weekend, Taran had a party to celebrate his 3rd birthday and and once again, I decided to attempt a homemade birthday cake.

This year’s theme was a dinosaur and I’ve jotted down the recipe I used below. This recipe is egg free and can also be dairy free by simply using soya milk instead of cow’s milk and dairy free spread instead of butter. As the dinosaur mould was rather large I just doubled the quantities and it turned out just right!

Ingredients:
110g/4oz dark 70% cocoa chocolate, broken into pieces
85g/3oz butter (or dairy free spread)
150ml/5fl oz golden syrup
110g/4oz self-raising flour
1 heaped tsp baking powder
50ml/2fl oz milk (or soya milk)
1/2 tsp salt

Method:
1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees C or 350 degrees F and line a 20cm/8 inch baking tin.
2. Place the chocolate, dairy-free spread and golden syrup in a pan. Gently melt together, stirring continuously.
3. In a bowl, add the flour, baking powder and salt.
4. Pour the melted chocolate mixture and milk into the bowl with the dry ingredients. Mix together until the mixture is smooth.
5. Pour the mixture into the baking tin and place on the middle shelf for 10-15 mins or until the mixture is just set in the middle.
6. Allow to cool and then turn out the cake.

I then cheated a bit and bought some ready made icing and icing pens to decorate!