HOME + LAND MAGAZINE WINTER 2018 11 First Prize Chocolate Cake There’s nothing quite like a delicious homemade cake to brighten your home on a wintry day. The Sheedy family first moved to Virginia in the 1850s from Limerick, and this favourite family recipe has been handed down through generations… INGREDIENTS: 4 oz butter 3 eggs ½ cup cocoa mixed with ½ cup hot water 2 cups self raising flour 1 ¼ cups of sugar 1 teaspoon cream tartar ½ teaspoon carb soda ½ teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla essence ½ cup milk METHOD: √ Cream the butter and sugar well √ Add eggs and beat again √ Add flour, cream tartar, carb soda and salt alternatively with milk √ Add the cocoa mixed with hot water √ Bake in a moderate oven for 50-60 mins This award-winning recipe for chocolate cake will have the whole family wanting more! This family recipe won the first prize at the 1985 Quorn show!