Hummingbird Chocolate Blackout Cake
(with chocolate custard frosting)
Beat together:
1 cup butter
2 2/5 cup sugar
Add:
4 eggs
½ tsp vanilla
Add on low speed:
2/3 cup cocoa
1 ½ tsp baking powder
1 ½ tsp baking soda
pinch of salt
Alternately add:
2 2/3 cups of flour
320 ml of milk
Bake in oven for 25 minutes.
Frosting
Bring to boil over medium heat while stirring:
2 ½ cup sugar
1 T golden syrup
1 cup cocoa
600 ml water
Mix together
1 1/3 cup corn flour
with about 120 to 200 ml water (like thick glue)
Add cornstarch/water to cocoa mixture. Cook, whisk, for a
few minutes until thick.
Remove from heat and stir in
85 grams of butter
½ tsp. vanilla
Allow to cool to room temperature.
