Chocolate cake.

Chocolate Cake

Equipment

·      Cake tin and baking paper to fit

·      Large mixing bowl

·      Wooden spoon

·      Measuring cup/ spoons

·      Sieve

·      Spatula

·      Cooling rack

Ingredients

·      Butter, 75g (soft)

·      Sugar, 3/4 cup

·      Golden syrup, 2 heaped Tbsp

·      Egg, 1

·      Flour, 1 cup

·      Salt, ¼ tsp

·      Baking soda, 1 tsp

·      Baking powder, 1 tsp

·      Cocoa, 2 Tbsp

·      Milk, ½ cup

·      Vanilla essence, ½ tsp

Icing ingredients

·      icing sugar, ½ cup

·      Cocoa, 1 tsp

·      Butter, 2 knobs

·      Hot water, 2-3 tsp

Method

1.    Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, using a wooden spoon.

2.    Beat in the Golden syrup.

3.    Beat in the egg.

4.    Sieve in the dry ingredients and slowly fold in.

5.    Carefully mix in the milk and vanilla.

6.    Pour the mixture into a prepared tin (greased, floured and lined with baking paper).

7.    Bake the cake at 160⁰C for 30 minutes, until spongy in the middle.

8.    Cool on a cooling rack before turning out.

9.    Ice with Chocolate icing.