Chocolate cake

Chocolate cake

Chocolate cake

Ingredients
Butter 8 ounces
Caster sugar 7 ounces
Flour 6 ounces
Coco powder 2 ounces
Baking powder 2 tsp heaped
Vanilla essence 2 tsp
Eggs 4
Milk ½ cup
Method
Beat butter and sugar till light and fluffy add essence add in 1 egg at a time, alternating with sieved mixture of flour, coco and baking powder till 4 eggs have been added, fold in the remaining flour and coco with ½ cup milk. Line a 10 x 10 inch square pan with butter paper, pour the cake mixture, and bake for 40 minutes on 190 degrees. Remove and cool.
Ingredients for chocolate icing
Butter 6 ounces
Icing sugar 12 ounces
Coco powder 3 tbsp heaped
Hot water 3 tbsp
Method
Beat butter gradually adding in icing sugar and coco alternating with hot water, beat well, ice your cake with this icing, and decorate with chocolate decoration.