CHOCOLATE CAKE RECIPE

This recipe will teach you how to make Chocolate Cake. It is a quick and easy recipe to make. This Chocolate Cake has a very rich tasting chocolate to it, and it also is full of flavour. Anyone who has a liking to chocolate would love this cake. Serve it at your next afternoon tea with your friends and I'm sure they will thoroughly enjoy it.

Chocolate Cake Ingredients

2 eggs
1 cup milk
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp butter
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup cocoa
2 cups plain flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup boiling water
1 tsp baking powder

Frosting:
1/2 cup milk
2 Tbs butter
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 x 1 oz squares chocolate

Chocolate Cake Method

Beat the sugar, eggs and butter together until creamy. Add the cocoa to 1 cup of boiling water and mix well. Add cocoa mixture to sugar mixture. Sift flour, soda, baking powder and salt together. Add to the sugar mixture alternating with the milk and vanilla, starting and ending with the flour mixture. Pour into well greased and floured pans and bake the Chocolate Cake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes.

Frosting:
Melt the chocolate in a pan and remove from heat. Mix in the sugar and milk and bring to a full boil. Cook the chocolate mixture until it reaches the soft ball stage,when a small amount dropped into a glass of cold water forms a soft ball. Remove the chocolate mixture from the heat and stir in the vanilla and butter. Spread on the cooled Chocolate Cake.

Enjoy your freshly made Chocolate Cake!

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