Simple Chocolate Cake

On a weekend, when I was done with all my household chores and with the kids fast asleep, I decided to bake a cake. A cake which was quite simple and which didn't require any hardships. I was going through various blogs and found a very simple chocolate cake recipe on Maria's Menu.

Simple Chocolate Cake
Recipe Source: Maria's Menu

Ingredients:
1. Plain flour - 1 1/2 cups
    Cocoa powder - 1/2 cup
    Powdered sugar - 1 1/2 cups
    Soda bicarbonate - 1 1/2 tsp
2. Melted butter - 180 gms
3. Hot milk - 1 cup
    Eggs - 2
4. Vanilla essence - 1 tsp

Method:

Preheat the oven at 200 C for 10 mins.
Butter a cake tin and sprinkle some flour on it. Make sure that the flour is equally distributed inside the tin. Keep it aside.
Mix together the 1st ingredients and seive. Add melted butter and 1/2 cup of hot milk to the mixed ingredients and beat well for 2 mins.
Add remaining milk, beaten eggs and vanilla essence. Beat well for another 2-3 mins.
Pour the mix to the prepared bake tin.
Bake the cake at 200 C for 10 mins, and later on reduce the temperature to 180 C and bake for 20-25 mins.
Allow it to cool in the tin for 5-10 mins.
Dust with some icing sugar on top and serve with chocolate sauce.

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