Ingredients

  • 2 cups plain flour, sifted
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 155 g butter, soft
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 3 teaspoons vanilla essence
  • 2 eggs
  • 2/3 cup cocoa, sifted
  • 1 1/4 cups milk
  • 60 g dark chocolate
  • 1 teaspoon Copha
  • 1 cup icing sugar, sifted
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
  • 2 -3 teaspoons water

Method

  • Preheat oven to 180°C; grease and flour a bundt tin.
  • Sift flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl.
  • In a separate bowl beat butter, sugar and vanilla essence until fluffy.
  • Add eggs, beating well, then add cocoa.
  • Add milk alternately with sifted dry ingredients.
  • Pour cake batter into the tin and bake for 50 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean. Leave to cool in tin for 5 minutes and the flip onto cake rack.
  • ICING GLAZE.
  • Stir together icing sugar, vanilla and water to a smooth paste
  • Spoon over cold cake in drizzle pattern.
  • CHOCOLATE GLAZE.
  • Cut up copha and melt with chocolate. Stir well until smooth and drizzle over the cake in alternating drizzle to white icing.