Easy Chocolate Cake Recipe

Simple Chocolate Cake

Preparation time: 15 minutes or less

Ingredients

• 1 cup self-raising flour
• 3 tablespoons cocoa
• 250 g butter
• ½ cup caster sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 2 eggs

Icing

• 1 cup icing sugar, sifted
• 1 teaspoon cocoa, sifted
• Dash milk
• 2 teaspoons softened butter

Method

• 1. In a bowl, combine flour, cocoa, sugar, vanilla essence and melted butter.
• 2. Add eggs and mix together for 1 minute.
• 3. Pour into a lined cake tin and bake for 25 - 35 minutes at 160°C.
• 4. If the cake springs back it's cooked. Do not overcook.
• 5. Icing: Mix together icing sugar, cocoa, milk and butter.
• 6. Ice cake once it has cooled.

Recipe notes

This cake is always a favourite. I'm always getting asked for the recipe - and it's so simple!

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