I used to make this cake with my mother and now it is one I make all the time with my own children. It is a fool-proof 'single bowl' recipe. My 4.5 year old can manage to prepare almost the whole cake by herself, which she loves to do.
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons cocoa
- 1 cup self raising flour (or substitute 1 cup of plain flour and 1 tsp of baking powder)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla or almond essence
Method
- Melt the butter.
- Put all the other ingredients into a large bowl and pour melted butter on top
- Beat on high for 3 minutes
- Pour all the mixture into a greased cake tin and bake in a moderate oven.
- Cook until a toothpick comes out clean (this will depend on your oven and the size of the tin). be careful not to over cook as it is best a little moist.
Frosting
Mix cocoa and confectioners sugar with some softened butter. Add hot water very slowly and mix to the desired consistency. Let the cake cool a little before putting on the icing.
Last winter we did a shoot for the winter issue of Small using the chocolate cake as a prop. The photo session was over very quickly!
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Both my son and I are chocolate cake lovers and we love to cook together, this is a great idea. Thank you! I shall link to this on my site.
Ciao
Posted by: Lola | 06/28/2009 at 02:53 AM
Over from Lola's. Nothing but fun to get the kids involved in creating like that...and destroying.
Posted by: Woman in a window | 06/28/2009 at 08:43 PM
I'm really truly love chocolate. Is one of the best things on earth.
Posted by: kamagra | 04/27/2010 at 09:33 PM