Ask Aunty S

Dear Aunty S
Do you have a recipe for an easy chocolate cake?
I am a useless cook but my daughter has a friend coming to stay next week and has asked if I would bake her a cake.

Aunty S Responds:
Here’s my easy chocolate cake recipe. I have used this recipe for over 30 years so it is definitely tried and trusted!

Sandra’s Chocolate Cake

Put the following in a bowl.

1 cup sugar
1 egg
¼ cup milk
2 Tb cocoa
1 tspn vanilla
½ cup hot water
125 gm melted butter
1 tspn baking powder
1 tspn baking soda
1½ cups flour

Mix thoroughly.
Bake in a Swiss Roll tin at 180 C for 30 minutes.
Ice with chocolate icing and sprinkle with a crushed Flake Bar.

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