Chocolate Cake
1/4 cup cocoa
1 cup water
150g butter
11/2 cups sugar
½ teaspoon of bi carb. Soda
2 eggs
1 t.sp. Vanilla essence
1 ½ cups s.r. flour
Blend cocoa with a little of the water to make a smooth paste. Place in a saucepan with remaining water, butter, sugar,and bi.carb. soda. Stir over a medium heat until the butter melts. Bring to the boil. Remove from heat. Leave to cool.
When cold add eggs and vanilla essence;beat well. Sift in flour and beat well.
Pour into a greased and lined 20cm round tin.Bake in a oven preheated to 180c for 50 minutes. Do not open the oven door. It is cooked after 50 mins.
Leave in tin to cool for 10 min. before turning out. When cold top with chocolate fudge icing.
Chocolate fudge Icing.
2 tablespoon cream
30g butter
1 cup icing sugar
2 tablespoon cocoa
Place cream and butter in a small saucepan and melt. Stir in cocoa and icing sugar. Beat till mixture is smooth.
Put in fridge to cool down and thicken up
Use to coat the chocolate cake.. keep in fridge.