The Most Delicious Chocolate cake

This is such a decadent, easy cake to bake. For Birthdays, those unexpected visitors or just a midnight snack ! It tastes better the next day !

2 cups flour

2 cups sugar

Pinch salt

125 g butter

250 ml water

125 ml oil

1/2 cup cocoa

125 ml buttermilk (can use normal milk and add a tsp lemon juice)

5 ml bicarbonate of soda

2 extra large eggs

5ml vanilla essence

Preheat oven to 180 degree C

Sift flour, sugar and salt.  Heat butter, water, oil and cocoa until boiling. Cool slightly, pour over flour and mix well.  Mix buttermilk and bicarb. Beat eggs lightly and mix with buttermilk. Add to flour. Add your teaspoon of vanilla essence. Pour into ovenpan (roasting dish – the one that usually comes with your oven, preferably 32cm x 23cm). Bake for about 20 minutes. The testing needle should come out clean but fairly moist.

ICING

60 g butter (5 T)

3 dessertspoons buttermilk (same thing to make as above)

30 ml (2T) cocoa

1 t vanilla

 2.5 cups icing sugar

Heat butter, buttermilk and cocoa to boiling point. Remove. Sift and stir in icing sugar and vanilla essence. Pour hot icing over hot cake.

ENJOY!  You can serve with vanilla ice-cream if you wish but also delicious on its own!