Big Garden Birdwatch chocolate cake

For cake

6 oz self-raising flour
6 oz softened butter
6 oz caster sugar
3 oz drinking chocolate
3 large eggs
3 tablespoons boiling water

For chocolate buttercream

3 oz unsalted butter
6 oz icing sugar
1 tablespoon cocoa powder
1-2 tablespoons milk

For decoration

You will also need chocolates and icing to turn your cake into a bird!

To make the cake

• Grease a nine-inch round tin.
• Pre-heat oven to 180 °C, fan oven 160°C, gas mark 4.
• Mix all the ingredients in a bowl.
• Beat for at least two minutes.
• Pour mixture into tin.
• Cook in the middle of the oven for approximately 60 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean.
• Remove cake from tin and let it cool.

To decorate

• To make the buttercream, beat the butter and sieved icing sugar until smooth.
• Add in cocoa powder and milk to buttercream and mix until smooth.
• Cover the cake with buttercream and decorate with chocolate and icing.

Tuck in and enjoy the Big Garden Birdwatch!