Mums Amazing Chocolate Cake Recipes

BEST EVER CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 160C (320F)
• Prepare a 25 x 25 cake tin, spray well with cooking spray or line.
• In a large bowl add the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt and mix well until fully combined.
• Add to this the eggs, vanilla, oil and milk and blend well.
• Finally add the boiling water and carefully stir until completely blended together.
• Pour into your prepared cake tin and bake for 35-45 minutes (all tin sizes differ so check often after 30 minutes)
• In a medium sized bowl combine the icing sugar and cocoa powder and mix well.
• Add to this the melted butter and vanilla essence and stir well
• Add water a little at a time until you have your desired consistency
• Spread generously over the cake, allow to set, slice and serve!
• Store in an airtight container.

MUM'S CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar, then add eggs one at a time.
• Add cocoa, jam & vanilla, mix.
• Sift flour, add flour and milk alternately, starting and finishing with flour.
• Bake 35mins 200degC (400defF) - lower for fan forced 180degC (350degF).
• Chocolate icing:.
• Butter, icing sugar, cocoa, hot water.
• Mix icing sugar, cocoa and butter together until smooth; add a little hot water, a little at a time, continue beating - this takes away the sugary taste and makes it smooth.

MUM'S AMAZING CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Mix dry ingredients together.
• Beat sugar and margarine.
• Add eggs and beat.
• Add milk and vanilla.
• Add dry ingredients all at once and mix well.
• Add boiling water and beat for 3 minutes. Grease a 9 x 13 pan.
• Bake 350 for 1/2 hour.