Chocolate layer cake

This is a lovely chocolate and strawberry cake perfect for birthdays or Confirmations which is what I made it for. Altough the red food colouring is optional I think it adds a really nice colour to the filling.

Ingredients:

225g (8oz) self-raising flour

1 tsp baking powder

4 eggs

225g (8oz) butter

225g (8oz) caster sugar

2tbs cocoa powder

Filling:
2 eggs
75g (3oz) caster sugar
Handful of strawberries
50g (2oz) butter cubed
Red food colouring (optional)

Icing:
100g icing sugar
1 tbs water

 3 20cm (8") round cake tins

Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F) Combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, butter and sugar. Break the eggs into a different cup, beat them in one at a time. Pour the mixture into the 3 well greased tins. Bake for about 20 minutes or a skewer inserted comes out clean. Leave for 5 minutes and then turn over on to a wire rack.

The filling now, break the 2 eggs into a heatproof bowl. Add sugar, strawberries, butter and if using food colouring. Place the bowl into a pan over simmering water, stir the mixture untill it thickens, 20 minutes should do it but if it doesn't coat the back of the spoon keep stirring till it does. Take off the heat. Spread half the filling over 1 cake, place another on top and spread the rest of the filling on top. Finally place the last cake on top.

Sift the icing sugar into a bowl add the water and stir untill smooth. Spread the icing on the top of the cake, it doesn't matter if it drips down the edges. Decorate how you please.