INGREDIENTS

for the cake

2½ cups plain flour
2½ tsp baking powder
4 eggs
1 cup of milk or a little bit more
1½ cups golden caster sugar
4 tbs unsweetened cocoa powder
¾ cup of oil or 150g melted butter (I used grapeseed oil)

for the glaze

half a bar of unsalted butter (125g)
3 tbs unsweetened cocoa powder
5 tbs golden caster sugar
1 tbs or a little bit more milk or water
grated coconut or sprinkles (hundreds and thousands)

1 tbs of butter to grease the tins

EQUIPMENT

whisk
mixing bowl
medium non-stick pot
two x 11×22 cm (4.5 x 8.5 in) non-stick loaf tins or one tin plus some silicone of paper muffin cases to make cupcakes

METHOD

In a pot combine milk, sugar, cocoa powder and oil. Heat over low fire until all ingredients are well combined, sugar melted and mixture bubbling. Leave aside for a while to cool down. In a bowl mix flour and baking powder, add cooled down cocoa mixture and gradually add eggs, mixing with whisk all the time.

Pour mixture into buttered tins and bake in the the oven preheated to 160°C  (320°F) for about 45-55 minutes.
Ready cake should have cracks on the top, should be moist but not sticky inside, use skewer to check.
Remove cakes from the tin and let them cool down.
In meantime prepare glaze, combining in the pot sugar, butter, cocoa powder and milk. Let the glaze cool down a little bit before pouring over the loaves. Let the glaze fill all the cracks in the cakes. Then sprinkle them with grated coconut (or sprinkles) and place in the fridge until glaze is completely cold and steady. Enjoy!

Make about 16-20 servings.

• Use couple of tea spoons of the dough to make mini cupcakes that I make sometimes for lunchboxes, bake them for about 15-25 minutes depending on the size.
• Store in the fridge wrapped in aluminum foil or in air tight container.
• Murzynek means “black boy” in Polish…
• Murzynek  is one of those cakes that accompanied me through my childhood and brings lots of memories, so today when children surprised me with bouquet of roses for Mother’s Day, I decided to make it for them.
• Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers! Here in UK we celebrate it on 22nd of March, on my husband’s native Island of Dominica and in the rest of the World this day is celebrated on 10th of May while in my homeland – Poland it is on 26 of May
• I’m submitting this recipe to Celebrating Mother’s Day event hosted by Ivy of Kopiate… Greek Hospitality.