Chocolate Cake

Ingredients:

• 1 cup (150g) plain flour
•  2 tsps Salt Skip Baking Powder
• 1/3 cup (50g) cocoa
• 1 cup (220g) caster sugar
• 1/3 cup (80g) butter, softened
• 1/2 cup (125ml) milk
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten

     
    Chocolate Icing

• 1 1/3 cups pure icing sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 20g butter, softened

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced). Grease and flour or grease and line a 24cm cake tin and set aside.
2. Place all ingredients into a bowl and using a mixer, mix on high for 4 minutes.
3. Pour into cake tin and bake for 35-40 minutes or until the cake springs back when lightly touched in the centre.
4. To make chocolate icing sift icing sugar and cocoa powder into a bowl. Add butter and 1 tablespoon of boiling water. Stir until smooth. Spread icing over cake.