Chocolate Cake - Home Economics

Chocolate Cake

• 175g butter, softened
• 1 t vanilla essence 
• 1 3/4 c sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 c cocoa
• 2 c standard flour
• 2 t baking powder
• 1 c milk

Cream butter, vanilla essence and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. sift cocoa, flour and baking powder together. add to cream mixture alternately with milk.pour mixture into a greased and lined 22cm round cake tin. Bake at 180 C for 30 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched. leave in tin for 10 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack. when cole ice with chocolate icing or dust with icing sugar if wished.

The recipe for the icing.

• 200g cooking chocolate
• 25g butter
• 1/2 cup cream

break chocolate into top of a double boiler or a small bowl. add butter and cream. set over hot water and heat, stirring constantly, until it has melted and thickened slightly. set aside until cool beat until thick before using.

For this recipe I got it out of the EDMONDS cookery book.

The cake ended up really good! the texture is good and it look good too!