Boiled Chocolate Cake
Ingredient List
- 2 cups sugar
- 225g butter (8 oz)
- 1 level tsp bicarb soda
- 4 tbsp cocoa
- 1 tablespoon drinking chocolate
- 3 cups self raising flour
- 3 eggs
Method
- Add sugar, water, butter, bi-carb soda, cocoa, drinking choc to pot.
- Simmer gently for 5 mins, then cool for about 1 hour.
- Add self raising flour and 3 beaten eggs.
- Whisk to remove any lumps.
- Line large tin with alfoil.
- Bake in 180 degree oven for 1 hour.
Icing Method 1 - Cream + Choc
My favourite icing method is to cut the cake into a top and bottom layer. Make some whipped cream. Create a layer of whipped cream between the layers of the cake, and then cover the outside of the cake with whipped cream. Grate a block of chocolate, and cover the cream with chocolate.
Icing Method 2 - Choc Frosting
Add 3 teaspoons of melted butter, 1 tablespoon of cocoa, and 1 cup of icing sugar. Add hot water a little bit at a time until you get the consistency you need. Ice the cake.
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This is my Mum's classic boiled chocolate cake. It's the most popular cake for all family celebrations throughout my entire childhood. It's delicious, and fairly easy! I remember when I was in grade 11 in highschool, I was applying to be school captain in year 12. I asked Mum if she could make me one of these cakes if I won school captain. I instead got school vice-captain and Mum made me a mini-cake with a bunch of cream that I devoured in one sitting.
Here is the old recipe as it existed in the old family cookbook:
