Moist Chocolate Cake

Great basic chocolate cake, easy to make.

• Ready In: 1 hr 35 mins
• Serves: 10
• Yields: 1 cake

Ingredients

• 175  g unsalted butter
• 1 1⁄2 cups caster sugar
• 2  eggs
• 2  tablespoons golden syrup
• 1 1⁄2 cups self rising flour
• 1⁄4 cup  cocoa
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1⁄2 cups milk

Directions

1. Beat the butter and sugar until they become light, creamy and pale.
2. Add the eggs one at a time and beat well.
3. Mix in the golden syrup.
4. Sift flour, baking soda and cocoa in a separate bowl. Fold into the other mixture, alternating with the milk until combined.
5. Turn into a greased and lined cake tin (23 - 25cm).
6. Bake at 160 degrees Celsius for 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours.
7. Cool and turn onto a cooling rack.
8. When cooled, ice with chocolate icing,.