Chocolate cake!

Yes, i finally made a chocolate cake that didnt collapse on me. It actually tasted less sweet (in a good way) than most recipes i have used but it came out yum. Hubby did the icing on top while I did the sandwiching.

The recipe is quite simple.

First heat up 125g of dark cooking chocolate with 3 tbsp of milk. You put it in a glass bowl over a saucepan of hot boiling water. By doing this, you dont end up burning the chocolate..

Then, you mix 150g of butter with 150g of sugar. You can reduce the amount of sugar if you like, but it doesnt taste that sweet anyways. Then add 3 eggs, one at a time and get a nice creamy consistency. Add your chocolate mixture to this and continue mixing.

The next time you add is the flour - 200g of white flour, 1 tsp of baking powder and 1/4 tsp of bicarbonate of soda. DO NOT USE THE MIXER FOR THIS. Instead, you must fold the flour into the cake mixture. If you use the mixture, air bubbles will get trapped into the cake and you will end up with a rock solid cake which will be next to impossible to eat (Thank you Ms. J for the advice).

Anyways, divide this mixture into 2 well greased cake tins (i went hunting around for grease-proof paper or 'oil paper' but apparently on a Sunday, it is impossible to find). Put into the oven - 180C for 25 min and Voila there is your cake.

Icing is also simple. 100g of icing sugar, 1 tsp of vanilla essence, 100g butter and 2 tbsp of cocoa powder. Thats it, and mix away.