please I need your favorite cake recipe quick

Hi there, I have tonz of recipes, but right now I can't decide which cake to bake for tomorrow...I thought of something christmas-like(spices!), just no fruitcake.Please, share your favorite with me

CHOCOLATE SHERRY CAKE
This cake is beautifully light and moist with good, rich flavour.
It is also a great 'keeper', if it lasts that long!
An added bonus is that is that it is prepared in one pan.
Angel.

Ingredients~~
1½ cups sugar
¼ cup sweet sherry (*)
¼ cup water
4 Tablespoons cocoa
½ lb butter
4 eggs -- separated
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 cup self-raising flour

Method~~
Boil together sugar, sherry, water and cocoa.
Add butter to mixture.
Allow mixture to cool.

Separately beat 4 egg yolks well and add to above mixture with
vanilla essence.
Reserve ½ cup of this mixture for topping.

To remaining mixture, add flour and fold in beaten egg whites.
Bake in greased pyrex dish 20cm (8") 20-30 mins at 180º C. (350º F).
Remove from oven, poke cake in a few places and pour over topping.
Decorate with vermicelli (**) and cherries

(*) I sometimes use all sherry, omiting the water, especially if it is for a special occasion...great!! hic

(**) Vermicelli is also known as 'Chocolate Spinkles'

Also great iced with chocolate cream frosting and decorated with glacè cherries and mint leaves, or angelica.



[This message has been edited by Angel (edited 12-13-2000).]

Angel: Your cake recipe sounds great! I was thinking of making a chocolate sheet cake. Thanks.

Jesse, Hope you like it as much as my family does.
It is also lovely if you cut each layer in 2; ending up with 4 layers.
Then sandwich them together, with heated apricot jam, and top of with coffee cream frosting and decorated with walnuts.
Merry Christmas to you and yours.


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