Chocolate Sponge Cake
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 pinches salt
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla essence
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup oil
- 2 eggs
- frosting
- 2/3 cup whipping cream
- 260 g semisweet chocolate (40%-50% cocoa)
- mix flour, cocoa, baking powder, sugar and vanilla in a bowl.
- Add milk, oil and eggs.
- Mix everything until smooth at a slow speed with a mixer.
- Bake at 180u0b0C for 35 to 45 minutes.
- Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then invert and cool on rack.
- For frosting heat cream in a saucepan don't let it boil add chopped chocolate mix until smooth let cool until it thickens (can be put in fridge).
- Use1/3 icing between the layers 1/3 frosting on top and rest around the cake .
- Refrigerate the cake to harden the frosting but serve it at room temperature.
flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt, sugar, vanilla essence, milk, oil, eggs, frosting, whipping cream, semisweet chocolate
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-sponge-cake-218479 (may not work)