The Sweetest Thing - part 6

Veronique’s Easy Chocolate Cake

Everyone loves chocolate.  Everyone loves easy.  Everyone loves cake and everyone loves Veronique!  Veronique is such a sweet and serene person.  Having a Mauritius background Veronique often creates exotic and enticing dishes that we all want the recipe for. 

Being a new mum Veronique has decided to give us her favorite easy chocolate cake recipe.  Juggling a baby and baking requires simplicity.  This cake is perfect for those days when you need a chocolate fix or you have friends coming over for a cuppa.

This recipe makes a big cake (oven dish size) or two regular cakes (regular cake tin size).

What you need;

2 cups of water
3 cups of sugar
½ cup of good quality cocoa
3 cups of self-raising flour
1 teaspoon of baking soda
250 grams of butter
4 large eggs beaten
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract (or a fresh pod added to the pot)
1 block of dark chocolate

What you do;

Grease and line dish/tins with baking paper.

Combine water, sugar, cocoa, vanilla, chocolate, butter and bicarbonate of soda in a tall pot.  Stir over heat until sugar dissolves. Bring to the boil then turn down heat and simmer for 5 minutes.

Take the mixture off the stove and allow to cool for 30 minutes.

Whisk in sifted flour. Add beaten eggs. Pour mixture into dish/tins. Cook at 180 degrees for approximately 1 hour or until cooked.

Ice and eat!

Thank you Veronique.  Enjoy!