One Egg Chocolate Cake

Name: One Egg Chocolate Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 50 g butter; 1 tbsp golden syrup; 1 free range egg; 1/2 cup sugar; 1 tbsp Cocoa; 1 cup plain flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp vanilla essence; 1 tsp baking soda; 180 ml full fat milk; 2 cups icing sugar; 1 tbsp butter (softened); 2 tbsp Water; 1/4 tsp vanilla essence; 2 tbsp cocoa

A piece of chocolate cake with cream on white plate with a fork.

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Prep Time 15

Cook Time 30

Total Time 45

Course Dessert

Servings people

Ingredients

50 g butter
1 tbsp golden syrup
1 free range egg
½ cup sugar
1 tbsp Cocoa
1 cup plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp vanilla essence
1 tsp baking soda
180 ml full fat milk

Chocolate Icing

2 cups icing sugar
1 tbsp butter softened
2 tbsp Water
¼ tsp vanilla essence
2 tbsp cocoa

Instructions

Pre-heat your oven to 180 °C.
Grease a 20cm round cake tin and line base with baking paper.
Melt butter and syrup in a small saucepan.
Pour melted ingredients into a small bowl.
Add egg and sugar, beat well.
Sift cocoa, flour and baking powder together.
Fold sifted ingredients and essence into egg mixture.
Dissolve baking soda in the milk and fold into the egg mixture.
Pour your cake mix into prepared cake tin and bake for 30 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched.
Leave cake in the tin for five minutes before turning out onto wire rack
Dust with icing sugar or ice with the chocolate icing for a true choc-fix!