TIGER CAKE (might be a good birthday cake for Rod)
125g butter
5 oz caster sugar
3 eggs, beaten
1 gill milk (5 fl oz imperial or just below 1/2 Aust. cup)
250g SR
1/2 tsp salt
1 dess cocoa
a little vanilla essence
Cream b&s, add eggs, then sifted flour & salt. Then milk.
Divide mixture in half and to one of these, add a little cocoa & an extra Tab milk.
Bake in greased sandwich tins for about 15-20 mins.
When cold, split cakes in half and put them together in alternate layers of brown & white.
FILLING:
2 oz butter
3 oz icing sugar
1 Tab coffee essence
1/2 tsp vanilla
Cream well together and spread between the layers. Then spread the sides with the rest of the filling, and sprinkle with chopped walnuts.