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cheese while processing until mixture is smooth. Pour filling into crust and bake in oven at 160° for approximately 50 minutes or until firm. Cool in oven with door ajar. Refrigerate for several hours before serving.

Chocolate Cake

1½ cups self-raising flour ½ cup cocoa

1½ cups caster sugar pinch of salt

150g butter or margarine, at room temperature

2 eggs

1 cup milk

1.Preheat oven to 180 °C, grease and line a 23cm cake tin.

2.Using the processing bowl fitted with the processing blade, process self-raising flour, cocoa, sugar and salt until well combined.

3.Add butter or margarine and eggs to mixture and continue to process.

4.Remove the food pusher and add milk through the feed tube and process for 5-10 seconds.

5.Remove the processing bowl cover and scrape the sides of the bowl. Replace the cover and continue to process until well combined.

6.Remove the processing blade and pour mixture into a prepared cake tin. Place cake tin into the oven and bake for 35-40 minutes or until cooked, when tested with a wooden skewer.

7.Allow the cake to cool for 5 minutes then remove from baking pan. In the meantime prepare the chocolate icing (see over).

Once the cake is completely cooled, ice with the chocolate icing.

Chocolate Icing

40g butter

2 tablespoons cocoa 1/4 cup milk

2 cups icing sugar

Using the processing bowl fitted with the processing blade, process all ingredients until well combined.

Basic Buttercake

185g butter or margarine, at room temperature

1 cup caster sugar

½teaspoon vanilla 3 eggs

2 cups self-raising flour ¼ cup milk

1.Preheat oven to 180°C, grease and line a 23cm cake tin.

2.Using the processing bowl fitted with the processing blade, process butter or margarine, sugar and vanilla until well combined.

3.Add eggs to the mixture and process until combined.

4.Add the flour and milk and continue to process until just combined. Do not over process.

5.Remove the processing blade and spoon mixture into a prepared cake tin. Place cake tin into the oven and bake for 40-50 minutes or until cooked, when tested with a wooden skewer.

6.Allow the cake to cool slightly and remove from baking pan.

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Sunbeam LC7600 Chocolate Cake, Preheat oven to 180 C, grease and line a 23cm cake tin, Chocolate Icing, Basic Buttercake

LC7600 specifications

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