Simple Chocolate Cake
A moist, forgiving chocolate cake with an easy hand-spread frosting.
55 minutesTotal time
20 minPreparation
35 minCooking
10 slicesServings
Ingredients
- 200 g plain flour
- 200 g sugar
- 50 g cocoa powder
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 large eggs
- 180 ml milk
- 100 ml neutral oil
- 150 ml hot coffee or water
- 200 g chocolate frosting
Method
- Heat the oven to 175°C and line a 20 cm cake tin.
- Whisk the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder and salt.
- Add the eggs, milk and oil, then mix until smooth.
- Stir in the hot coffee or water; the batter will be thin.
- Bake for 32–35 minutes, cool completely and spread with frosting.