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Cathy's Chocolate Cake
Cathy's Chocolate Cake
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Cathy's Chocolate Cake

5
20 mins
40 mins
Easy
8

Cathy Wolfgram's kindly shared her chocolate cake recipe with a "secret ingredient". Try it and tell us what you think.

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  • Ingredients
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Ingredients

  • 2 ½ cups flour
  • 2 cups Chelsea White Sugar
  • ¾ cup cocoa
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ½ cup melted butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp Vanilla essence
  • 2 cups warm water
  • 1 Tbsp mayonnaise (the secret ingredient!)

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Method

Place all into a bowl in given order and mix until smooth, don't over beat the air out.
Pour into a well-greased, round cake tin and bake at 180°C for approx 40 mins.
Allow to cool and then ice with chocolate buttercream icing.
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  • 1 Tbsp instant coffee granules
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  • 2 cups Chelsea White Sugar
  • 1¾ cups Edmonds Standard Grade Flour
  • ¾ cup cocoa powder
  • 2 tsp vanilla essence
  • 2 tsp Edmonds Baking Soda
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  • ½ tsp salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1¼ cups Meadow Fresh Milk (or Rice/Soya Milk)
  • ½ cup sunflower or soya oil

Icing Ingredients

  • 1½ cups Chelsea Icing Sugar (225g)
  • 2 Tbsp cocoa powder 
  • 50g butter, softened
  • 2-3 Tbsp hot water
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