How to make Chocolate Concrete

Try the recipe for chocolate concrete with your children. Make sure they’re well covered – you can buy children’s aprons (as well as small mixing bowls, spoons and moulds) from many baking suppliers.

What you need:

• 160g (5.5 oz) butter or margarine
• 1 egg
• 25g (1 oz) cocoa powder
• 225g (8 oz) self-raising flour
• 175g (6 oz) granulated sugar

What to do:

• Pre heat oven to gas mark 3 / 170C or 160C (fan oven)
• Melt the butter, add the sugar and mix well
• Add the flour and cocoa and mix well until you have a stiff consistency
• Beat the egg and gently mix into the flour mixture
• Put the mixture into a greased 30cm x 18cm (12"x7") baking tray, gently press into the corners and flatten into the tin
• Sprinkle with a little water and place in the top half of the oven for 45 minutes
• Remove from oven and sprinkle with sugar
• Allow to cool for 5 minutes then cut into required size pieces and place on a wire tray

You can either eat it as it is – or make some pink custard to go with it!