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The recipe everyone has to have – an absolutely delicious, melt-in-the-mouth fail proof, flop proof chocolate cake recipe. And here it is!
Ingredients
For the Cake
- 250ml water
- 250g butter
- ¼ cup cocoa, heaped
- 1 tablespoon instant coffee
- 2 cups white sugar
- 2 cups flour
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 2 eggs lightly whisked (I used a manual beater for 1 minute)
- ½ cup plain yoghurt or buttermilk
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
For the Icing
- 2 cups sifted icing sugar
- ½ cup cocoa
- 90ml melted butter
- 1/3 cup plain yoghurt / buttermil
Instructions
For the cake:
- Preheat the oven to 180 degree Celsius
- Mix the dry ingredients together
- Mix the wet ingredients together
- Fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and combine until smooth
- Pour into a rectangular baking dish
- Bake in your preheated oven for 40 – 45 minutes.
Notes
Notes
I used a rectangular glass baking dish – 35cm x 22cm