CHOCOLATE CAKE

Ingredients:-

To make 9" cake

All purpose flour- 1.25 cup

Unsweetened dutch cocoa pwdr-3 tbsp

Softened butter- 3/4 cup

Sugar- 3/4 cup

Eggs-2 nos.

Baking powder- 2 tsp

Vanilla extract-1 tsp

Boiling water-5 tbsp

Ingredients for Icing:-

Softened butter-1/2 cup

Vanilla extract- 1 tsp

Water- 2 tbsp

Icing Sugar-1/2 lb

Unsweetened dutch cocoa pwdr-2 tbsp

Procedure:-

• Preheat oven for 350 deg F.
• Beat the softened butter with sugar, add lightly beaten eggs, mix well.
• Stir in all purpose flour, cocoa powder, vanilla extract and baking powder.
• Add 5 tbsp of boiling water, mix well.
• Beat this mix in mixer for 2-3 minutes.
• Pour this mix in greased 9" cake pan.
• Bake it in oven for 30-40 mins / until a serrated knife inserted in cake comes out clean.
• Take out from oven , allow it to cool.

For Icing:-

• Melt the butter with water, remove from heat.
• Stir in cocoa pwdr, vanilla extract and icing sugar.
• Mix well until smooth.
• Apply the icing all over the cooled cake, decorate as you like.