Chocolate Rum Cake

INGREDIENTS:

5 oz Plain flour
1 oz Cocoa
1 Level tsp baking powder
5 oz Soft brown sugar
2 Eggs, separated
6 tb Salad oil
8 tb Milk
1 ts Vanilla essence
4 tb Rum
1/4 pt Cream
2 Level Tbls icing sugar,
Sifted
10 Walnut halves

Preheat oven to 350F (180C). Well grease & line an 8" square tin. Sift flour, cocoa & baking powder into bowl, stir in brown sugar. Add egg yolks, oil, 6 Tbls. milk & vanilla essence & beat to a smooth batter. Beat egg whites to a soft snow & fold into batter with a large metal spoon. Transfer to prepared tin & bake in centre of oven for 1 1/4 hours until well risen & golden, or until a skewer comes out clean. Leave in tin 10 minutes, then turn out onto wire rack. Make several holes in the cake with a skewer, then pour in the rum. Leave cake until completely cold. Beat cream & remaining milk & icing sugar until thick. Pile on top of cake then decorate with walnut halves.

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