SHOPPING LIST: Chocolate Fudge Birthday Cake (8 portions)
Meal Plan Occasions 1, Birthday dessert (serves 8)

[ ] 175 g soft butter (out of the fridge for 1 hour), plus a little for the tins
[ ] 175 g caster sugar
[ ] 3 eggs
[ ] 150 g self-raising flour
[ ] 25 g cocoa powder
[ ] 1 tsp baking powder
[ ] 2 tbsp milk
[ ] 1 tsp vanilla extract
[ ] 250 g dark chocolate (about 50 to 70% cocoa), chopped, for the ganache
[ ] 250 ml double cream
[ ] 3 tbsp raspberry or cherry jam, for the middle
[ ] 1 pack birthday candles

You need two 18 cm sandwich tins. If you only have one, bake the mixture in two batches.