Basic Chocolate Cake

Basic Chocolate Cake

Preparation Time: 12 minutes

Total cooking time: 55 minutes

 Makes one 20 cm round cake

Ingredients:

1.       125 gram butter

2.       1 cup caster sugar

3.       2 teaspoons vanilla essence

4.       1/3 cup cocoa powder

5.       1 teaspoon baking powder

6.       1 ½ cups self raising flour

7.       ¾ cup cream

    

   Directions:

1.       Preheat oven to moderate 180 C. Brush a deep 20 cm round cake tin with melted butter or oil, line base with paper; grease the paper.

2.       Using electric beaters beat butter and sugar in small mixing bowl until light and creamy. Add egg and vanilla essence; beat for 1 minute on medium speed or until well combined.

3.       Add the sifted dry ingredients and cream to bowl. Beat on slow speed for 1 minute or until just combined. Beat 2 minutes on high speed until smooth.

4.       Spoon mixture in to prepared tin; smooth surface. Bake for 55 minutes or until skewer comes out clean when inserted in centre of cake. Turn onto wire rack to cool.

5.       Ice with chocolate glace icing and decorate, if desired with flaked chocolates and dusting of icing sugar.