Easy Peasy Chocolate Cake (thanks to ABC radio website)
Recipe from Sadhie

1 cup self raising flour
2-3 tbsp cocoa powder
1 cup castor sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
90g butter, melted
1 tsp vanilla essence

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Grease a 20cm ring tin.

2. Sift flour and cocoa powder into a bowl. Add remaining ingredients and beat with an electric mixer for 3 minutes. Pour mixture into prepared tin and bake for about 30 mins, or until cake springs back when lightly pressed. Remove from oven and stand for 5 mins before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely. Dust cake heavily with icing sugar before serving or, if time allows, coat with chocolate icing.

Icing
Whip softened butter and icing sugar (and a dash of food colouring if desired) until fluffy.
Optional: add melted chocolate for colour and flavour; add nuts or seeds for crunch; or lots and lots of poppyseeds for everlasting happiness (they didn't say that on the ABC radio website!)

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