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Chocolate Cake Recipe

8 April 2024

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Chocolate Cake Recipe

Ingredients:

1 1/3 cups self raising flour
½ cup cocoa powder
125g butter, softened
1 tsp vanilla essence
1¼ cups castor sugar
2 eggs
2/3 cup water

Instructions:

Sift flour and cocoa into bowl, add remaining ingredients and beat on low speed with an electric mixer until combined.
Increase speed to medium and beat for 3 minutes or until smooth and changed to a lighter colour.
Pour mixture into a baking paper lined cake tins. Bake at 180°C (or 160° fan forced) for 30 to 40 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched.
Leave in tin for 5 minutes before turning on to a cooling rack. Ice with chocolate icing when cool.

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