I like making this one, its really easy, and its moist too. I think I may have posted it here before actually. Ha, I just got the book down that it is in, and the page automatically falls open to this page! I think I have made it too often (If that is possibel for choccie cake?
Simple Chocolate Cake (from Fresh & Tasty Biscuits & Cakes)
Preheat oven to 180c, 350f, Gas 4, 160 Fan forced (only bake for 35 mins if fan forced)
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1tsp vanilla essence
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 1/4 cups self raising flour
3 tblsp cocoa powder
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 cup milk
Place the butter, sugar, and vanilla in a bowl and beat until light and fluffy. (To be honest, I just use a spatula to mix it all together really well, and it always turns out yum). Gradually beat in the eggs.
Sift the flour, cocoa and bicarb together into a bowl, Fold the flour mixture and the milk alternately into the egg mixture.
Pour the mixture into a greased and lined 18cm square cake tin and bake for 40 minutes or until the cake is cooked when tested with a skewer. Stand cake in the tin for 5 minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool.
Chocolate Butter Icing
1/2 cup dark chocolate
3 tblsp butter
1/4 cup double cream
gold or silver dragees
Place the chocolate, butter and cream in a heatproof bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water. Heat, stirring constantly until the mixture is smooth. Remove the bowl from the pan and set aside to cool slightly. Spread the top and sides of the cakes with the icing and decorate with the dragees.
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