Best Chocolate Cake Ever

 
I am about to give away a secret recipe... the best chocolate cake ever. Once you have tried this, I doubt you will ever use another chocolate cake recipe again! I use this cake for all the kids birthday cakes (unless another type is requested) and love it!

The amazing thing about this recipe is that it is so easy to make, so yummy, and very versatile. It makes quite a large cake, which can be cut in half when cooked and filled with jam, cream or frosting, then covered with frosting on top. When I am in a hurry I usually make it and sprinkle chocolate chips on the top before I cook it, and serve without icing, or a dusting of icing sugar.

Give it a try and let me know what you think.

Dana's Chocolate Cake
(I don't have a clue who Dana is, but she is a very good cook!)

Preheat oven to 180 degC

Ingredients

1 2/3 cups flour

1 1/2 cups sugar

2/3 cup cocoa powder

1 1/2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1 1/2 cups trim milk

100g melted butter

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

Grease a 20cm cake tin and line the base. Put all the ingredients into a processor (I use a normal mixer and it works fine) and mix. Pour into the prepared tin and bake for at least 50 minutes. The cake will rise a lot and when cooked, should spring back when gently pressed or when a skewer poked into the centre of the cake will come out clean.

Frosting

250g icing sugar

100g butter

1/3 cup cocoa

1 tsp vanilla

milk to mix

Place butter and dry ingredients in bowl (or processor) and mix to combine, then add a dash of milk and mix again. Continue until you achieve a soft spreadable icing, then add vanilla.

Slice the cake in half horizontally and spread some frosting on one half (you can also spread with jam or berry puree).

Replace the top half and coat the whole with the frosting. Refrigerate to firm up the frosting.

Enjoy!

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