Directions:
- If you don't have self raising flour, use plain flour with 1 heaped teaspoon of baking powder added to it.
- Preheat the oven to 170C/340°F.
- Butter a 20cm/8 cake tin. Line the base with baking paper.
- Put the butter, sugar, water, cocoa and bicarb in a saucepan and bring to the boil, stirring constantly.
- It goes a bit volcanic so once the mixture rises, be prepared to take it off the stove immediately. Set aside to cool.
- Beat the eggs in a large bowl.
- Sift in a bit of the flour and then mix in some of the chocolate. Continue until all the flour and chocolate are incorporated. If you do this a bit at a time, the flour will mix in easily without overmixing and making the cake tough.
- Pour into the prepared cake tin and bake for 45 minutes.
- Cool on a wire rack.
- Ice with your favourite icing or leave un-iced.
- To make a larger cake, use 3 eggs and scale everything else up by 50%. (BTW, this is a maths problem that I give to my kids!).
- Edited to include icing: Kookaburra referred to the icing in my original recipe I posted on the Australia/New Zealand forum. Here it is. 375g icing sugar, 1.5 tablespoons cocoa, 185g butter, 1.5 tablespoons water (hot works best), 5 drops vanilla. Cream butter and half the icing sugar. Add hot water, the rest of the icing and cocoa sifted together and the vanilla. Beat until smooth.
Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per 1 Serving | |||
| Calories | 298.26 Kcal (1249 kJ) | ||
| Calories from fat | 86.09 Kcal | ||
| % Daily Value* | |||
| Total Fat | 9.57g | 15% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cholesterol | 49.68mg | 17% | |
| Sodium | 204.6mg | 9% | |
| Potassium | 30.48mg | 1% | |
| Total Carbs | 51.75g | 17% | |
| Sugars | 16.33g | 65% | |
| Dietary Fiber | 0.69g | 3% | |
| Protein | 1.82g | 4% | |
| Vitamin A | 0.1mg | 3% | |
| Iron | 0.2mg | 1% | |
| Calcium | 22.1mg | 2% | |
| Amount Per 100 g | |||
| Calories | 351.96 Kcal (1474 kJ) | ||
| Calories from fat | 101.59 Kcal | ||
| % Daily Value* | |||
| Total Fat | 11.29g | 15% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cholesterol | 58.62mg | 17% | |
| Sodium | 241.44mg | 9% | |
| Potassium | 35.97mg | 1% | |
| Total Carbs | 61.07g | 17% | |
| Sugars | 19.27g | 65% | |
| Dietary Fiber | 0.81g | 3% | |
| Protein | 2.15g | 4% | |
| Vitamin A | 0.1mg | 3% | |
| Iron | 0.2mg | 1% | |
| Calcium | 26mg | 2% | |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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