Description
This is my husband's favourite chocolate cake. It's a quick and easy one bowl mix. No electric mixer needed. The recipe originally came to me back in the late 1980's via the fax machine when i was working a little country newspaper. It was promotional material by white wings. Best thing that ever came through on that fax machine. ;o)
Ingredients
- Plain Flour
- Instant Chocolate Pudding Mix
- Baking Powder
- Cocoa Powder
- Caster Sugar
- Butter
- Milk
- Eggs
- Vanilla Essence
- Chocolate Chips
- Tap Water
- Icing Sugar
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 180c
- Grease and flour a 20 x 7cm round tin
- I usually use a large bundt tin
- Sift flour, instant pudding mix, baking powder and cocoa into a bowl
- Add all remaining cake ingredients except for the chocolate chips and beat with a spoon for 1 minute
- Add chocolate chips and beat for a further 30 seconds or until choc chips are mixed through evenly
- Pour batter into the prepared tin and bake for 50-55 minutes or until a skewer when inserted in centre of cake comes out clean
- Remove cake from oven and allow to cool in tin for 5-8 minutes, then invert onto a wire rack to further cool
- When cold, spread with icing over top and sides of cake
- Decorate with extra choc chips or grated chocolate
- To prepare icing:
- Place butter and hot water into a mixing bowl
- Stir with a wooden spoon until butter has melted
- Add remaining ingredients and beat with spoon until icing is smooth