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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 1 Minutes |
Ready In: 1 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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This Chocolate cake from Aust. Ingredients:
185 g butter |
2 teaspoons vanilla essence |
1 3/4 cups caster sugar (250mlcup) |
3 eggs |
2 cups self-raising flour |
2/3 cup cocoa |
1 cup water |
90 g dark chocolate, chopped |
30 g butter |
1 cup icing sugar |
2 tablespoons hot water, approximately |
Directions:
1. Grease and line a deep 23cm round cake pan.
2. Combine butter, essence, sugar, eggs, sifted flour, cocoa and water in a large bowl and beat on low speed with electric mixer until ingredients are combined.
3. Increase speed to medium, and beat for about 3 minutes or until mixture is smooth and changed in colour.
4. Spread into prepared pan.
5. Bake in a moderate oven for about 1 1/2 hours.
6. Stand 5 minutes before turning on to wire rack to cool.
7. Spread cold cake with icing.
8. Chocolate Icing: Melt chocolate and butter in bowl over hot water, gradually stir in sifted icing sugar, then stir in enough hot water to mix to a spreadable consistency.
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