Mary's chocolate cake

Growing up, my mum would regularly bake this cake, and put slices of it in my lunch box for school.

Serves: many or few ;)

Ingredients

• ½ cup cocoa powder
• ½ cup water
• 4 oz (~113g) butter
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• 2 cups self raising flour
• pinch of salt
• 2 eggs
• ¾ cup milk
• 1 teapsooon vanilla essence

Steps:

1. Pre-heat oven to 180°C
2. Grease and line a large cake tin
3. Heat and stir the cocoa, water, and butter over a low heat until combined.
4. Measure dry ingredients into a bowl
5. Measure the milk into a measuring jug, and add the eggs and vanilla. Mix well.
6. Mix all ingredients together
7. Pour evenly into baking tin
8. Bake for 40-45 minutes.

Icing

• 1 ¼ cups icing sugar
• 1 tbsp cocoa
• 2 tsp butter