Family Chocolate Cake by shireen

                                    Family Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

Butter 2 cups

Castor Sugar 2 cups

Vanilla essence 1-½ tsp

Eggs (separated) 6

Flour 2 cups

Coco powder 5 tbsp

Baking powder 2 tsp

Milk ½ cup

Ingredients for Icing

Butter ½ cup

Vanilla essence 1 tsp

Icing Sugar 1-½ cups

Milk ½ cup

1 thsp cocoapowder


Method for Cake

Beat Butter, Sugar and Vanilla essence Till Fluffy. Add sieved coco powder. Beat eggs whites very stiff, add yolks and beat well. Gradually add the eggs mixture to the butter mixture and beat well. Fold in the sifted flour and baking powder very lightly. Pour mixture in a well greased two 9 inches sandwich pans. Bake on 180 degrees for 40 minutes. Remove and cool completely. Cover sides and top of cake with prepared Icing.

Method for Icing

Melt Butter, add 1 tbspCoco, vanilla essence, milk and icing sugar. Mix all well. Keep it in the fridge for 1 hour. Beat well before using.



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 Family Chocolate Cake

Cake

2 cups Butter

2 cups Sugar

1-1/2 tsp Vanilla essence

6 Eggs

2 cups Flour

5 Cocoa powder

2 tsp Baking powder

1/2 cup Milk

Icing

1/2 cup Butter

1 tsp Vanilla essence

1-1/2 cups Icing Sugar

1/2 cup Milk

1 Tbsp Cocoa powder

Cake

Preheat oven to 180 degrees

Beat butter, sugar and vanilla till it becomes light and fluffy.

In a seperate bowl sift flour and baking powder and set aside. Then, sift cocoa powder and add to butter mix.

Beat eggs till light and fluffy and add egg mixture to the butter mixture and beat well.

Fold in the sifted flour and baking powder gently using a spatula. Pour mixture into two 8 inches sandwich pans which has been greased and floured. Bake on 180 degrees for 40 minutes. Remove and cool for 10 minutes in the pan before removing from pan and leaving on a rack to cool completely.

Icing

Melt Butter, add Cocoa, vanilla essence and milk. Remove from heat and add sifted icing sugar. Mix well. Place this mix in a bowl, and leave in the fridge for 1 hour.

Then use a mixer, and beat icing till fluffy.

Put icing on top of one of the cakes, then add second cake and cover top and sides of both cakes. Place leftover icing in a piping bag, and pipe around edge of cake.

Enjoy.

*you can use 1 large 8 inch cake tin and once cake has cooled, slice cake in half. This may take longer to cook so check by placing a skewer in the centre of cake after 40 mins - if skewer is clean it's ready, if comes out with some mix in it, give it another 5 mins and check again.