Chocolate Tray Bake by Zarnak Sidhwa

Ingredients for Chocolate Tray Bake:
4 tbsp cocoa
4 tbsp hot water
8 oz butter
4 eggs
10 oz self raising flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp milk

For Icing:
5 oz chocolate
4 tbsp apricot jam
10 oz icing sugar
1 tsp oil
Grated chocolate, to decorate

Method:
Blend cocoa and water and let cool.
Beat butter, caster sugar, add eggs, fold in flour and baking powder, milk and pour in a greased and lined 12x9 inch tin and bake at 180 degreesC for 30 minutes or till a skewer inserted in center comes out clean. 

Cool.

For Icing: Warm the apricot jam and apply on the cake using a brush.
Melt chocolate and allow to cool slightly, beat in icing sugar and oil, if needed a tbsp or two milk can be added.

Pour icing over cake and smooth with a spectula or palette knife.
Set for an hour and then cut into squares and decorate with grated chocolate.

Chocolate Tray Bake by Zarnak Sidhwa