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Chocolate buttercream frosting :
You will need :
2cups of icing sugar
1 small packet of cocoa powder - about 1/2 cup
a little bit of milk or cream
1 cup of butter.
vanilla essence
Cream the butter till its nice and pale, white and fluffy with an electric beater. Add in the sugar, cocoa powder, vanilla essense and beat with an electric beater. Add in few tablespoons of milk till it reaches the consistency you are happy with.
Everything here is to taste. Taste the frosting , if its not sweet add more icing sugar, if its too dry add another tablespoon of milk. If its not chocolaty enough, add more cocoa.
Give it a try! Its to die for!! Yummy chocolate buttercream!
Now for the chocolate cake:
you will need :
2eggs
vanilla essence
1 and 3/4 cup of flour
1 and 1/2 cup sugar
1 and 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 and 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 cup of boiling hot water
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 tsp salt
Mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cocoa powder well and set aside.
Beat together the eggs, oil, sugar and vanilla essence.
Now combine the flour mixture with the egg mixture and add in a cup of boiling water at the end.
To spice things up a bit you can add the tablespoon or 2 of rum! Ooooh yum yum!
mix well and bake in a preheated oven 170-180 degrees, till a knife in the center comes out clean!
Enjoy, wait till its completely cold to frost it!
