H&G Chocolate Cake

• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup water boiling
• 185 grams butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar, superfine (super fine sugar)
• 3 large eggs whole
• 1 1/2 cups flour, self-rising
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

1. Grease a 24cm springform tin and cover base with vegetable oil.
2. Mix cocoa and boiling water in a cup, cool.
3. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then add eggs one at a time and beat well.
4. Sift flours with baking soda and stir into creamed mixture then add milk and vanilla.
5. When well mixed, gradually stir in cocoa mixture.
6. (The cake batter sometimes curdles at this stage, but it won't spoil the finished cake).
7. Pour into prepared tin and bake for 50 to 60 minutes.
8. Let stand for 5 minutes.
9. Run a knife around edge and release sides of tin.
10. Turn carefully on to a cake cooler and remove base and paper.
11. When cool, ice.

cocoa powder, water boiling, butter, sugar, eggs, flour, baking soda, milk, vanilla

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/h-amp-g-chocolate-cake-38374 (may not work)