Eggless chocolate cake
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 50 - 60 minutes
Serves: Makes 1 large cake
A variation on a traditional chocolate cake.
Ingredients
125g butter or margarine, melted
15ml white vinegar
500ml water
10ml vanilla essence
750ml (420 g) Snowflake self-raising flour
5ml bicarbonate of soda
5ml salt
80ml (35 g) cocoa powder
375ml (300 g) sugar
Chocolate icing
60g butter or margarine
30ml milk
2ml vanilla essence
375ml (200 g) icing sugar
20ml cocoa powder
Method
- Whisk melted butter, vinegar, water and essence together.
- Sift flour, bicarbonate of soda, salt and cocoa powder together. Add sugar.
- Add dry ingredients to liquids and whisk lightly until smooth.
- Spoon mixture into a lined and greased 21 cm square or 23 cm loose-bottom springform cake pan. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C for 50 - 60 minutes. Leave in pan for a few minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool.
- Icing: Heat butter and milk together in a small, heavy-based saucepan. Do not boil; stir until butter is melted. Remove from heat and add essence. Sift icing sugar and cocoa powder together. Add melted butter mixture to icing sugar mixture. Mix until smooth and spread over cake.
