My Family Favourite Chocolate Cake

• 8 ounces self raising flour
• 8 ounces margarine or 8 ounces butter
• 8 ounces sugar (I always reduce the sugar to around 6oz as I don't like things TOO sweet)
• 3 medium eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 3 tablespoons cadburys cocoa powder
• approx. 200ml water

1. Cream the margarine and the sugar until light and fluffy.
2. I personally prefer to lessen the amount of sugar as I don't like things overly sweet but 80z is the original recipe.
3. Whisk the eggs into the sugar/margarine mixture.
4. Slowly add the flour, baking powder and cocoa.
5. Sieve these to avoid lumps (especially in the cocoa).
6. Stir in a figure of 8 fashion.
7. Gradually add enough water to loosen the cake mix up a bit.
8. It should be the consistency of a slightly thin custard.
9. Pour into a non stick cake tin, preferably with loose bottom.
10. I use an 8'' round tin for this cake.
11. Bake on a middle/top shelf in the oven at 180 c for around 45 mins or until a skewer comes out clean.
12. Remove from tin and cool on wire rack.
13. Once cooled, top with chocolate icing, frosting etc or dust with icing sugar and cocoa powder.

flour, margarine, sugar, eggs, baking powder, cadburys cocoa, water

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/my-family-favourite-chocolate-cake-232022 (may not work)