Name: Chocolate Simplicity Cake recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 6 tbs butter; 2 tbs cocoa; 2 cups self-raising flour; 2 cups sugar; 1 cup milk; 4 eggs; 2.00 tsp vanilla essence; 85 g butter; 3 cups icing sugar; 1/4 cup milk

by NazD Last updated on 07/10/2019

These cakes were made for a World's Greatest Shave event. It makes a simple chocolate cake, which can be decorated however you would like. - NazD

Ingredients

6 tbs butter
2 tbs cocoa
2 cups self-raising flour
2 cups sugar
1 cup milk
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla essence

Frosting

85 g butter
3 cups icing sugar
1/4 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla essence

Method

Step 1

Preheat oven to 180C. Grease a pudding steamer with butter and line the base with a circle of GLAD baking paper.
Step 2

In a saucepan, melt the butter over a medium heat.
Step 3

Mix butter with all other ingredients to make a smooth batter.
Step 4

Pour into pudding steamer and bake in preheated moderate oven for 50 - 60 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. If over browning, cover with GLAD aluminium foil.
Step 5

For the frosting, use an electric or handheld beater to beat butter until creamy. Gradually add icing sugar and milk until all combined. Beat in the vanilla, then spread over cake.