Everyday chocolate cake

*Everyday chocolate cake*

 

Need a chocolate cake recipe that's perfect for everyday? This is it! Not too rich or dense and not too sweet, this chocolate cake is just right for lunch boxes as well as morning tea or afternoon snacks.  

 

• . 125g unsalted butter, at room temperature

• . 2 cups caster sugar

• . 2 eggs

• . 2 cups self-raising flour

• . ¾ cup cocoa

• . ¾ cup milk

• . ¾ cup water

•  . Icing50g unsalted butter, at room temperature

• . 2 cups icing sugar

• . ¼ cup cocoa

• . ¼ cup milk 

 

1. 1.  Preheat oven to 180°C. Butter a 20cm or 22cm square cake tin and line with baking paper.

2. 2.  Using an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time and beat on medium speed until smooth. Sift flour and cocoa into a bowl, add half to the butter mixture with the milk and beat on low speed until just combined. Add remaining flour mixture and the water and beat on low speed until combined, increase speed and beat until mixture is smooth.

3. 3.  Pour into prepared cake tin and bake for 40-45 minutes until a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean. Turn cake onto a wire rack to cool.

4. 4.  To make icing, beat butter until creamy and then add sifted icing sugar, cocoa and milk. Beat until thick and creamy. Add more milk if the icing is too dry.

5. 5.  Spread icing over cold cake. 

 

 

• .  This is a simple chocolate cake recipe that's easy to make and great for lunchboxes and everyday eating. Because you need a chocolate cake for everyday!

• . Mum made this often when my brother and I were kids. Back then it was called Pam’s Chocolate Cake (thanks Pam). Smells wonderful when you open the lid and keeps at least a week (if you can make it last that long).

• . Recipe created by Melissa Hughes for Kidspot.