Satisfy that chocolate craving with this delicious, moist chocolate cake. It's easy, it's quick and the family will love it. So will you.
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Simple chocolate cake
Craving something sweet?
- 1 hr cooking
- Serves 10
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Ingredients
Chocolate cake
- 125 grams butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1¼ cups (275g) caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1¹⁄³ cups (200g) self-raising flour
- ½ cup (50g) cocoa powder
- ²⁄³ cup (160ml) water
Chocolate icing
- 90 grams dark eating chocolate, chopped coarsely
- 30 grams butter
- 1 cup (160g) icing sugar
- 2 tablespoons hot water
Method
- 1Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fan-forced. Grease deep 20cm-round cake pan; line with baking paper.
- 2Beat butter, extract, sugar, eggs, sifted flour and cocoa,
and the water in large bowl with electric mixer on low speed until ingredients are combined. Increase speed to medium; beat about 3 minutes or until mixture is smooth and paler in colour. - 3Spread mixture into pan; bake about 1 hour. Stand cake 5 minutes; turn, top-side up, onto wire rack to cool.
- 4Meanwhile, make chocolate icing. Spread cake with icing.
Chocolate icing
- 5Melt chocolate and butter in small heatproof bowl over small saucepan of simmering water; gradually stir in sifted icing sugar and the hot water, stirring until icing is spreadable.
Notes
Chocolate cake can be stored in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
