Chocolate Cake

Anything with chocolate is yummy. The peaches make this cake refreshing as well. You can also serve it with more cream if you like.

Ingredients:

75 g unsalted butter, softened or margarine (I used margarine)
1 cup caster sugar
2 eggs
1 ½ cups self-raising flour, sifted
1/3 cup cocoa powder, sifted
½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 cup reduced-fat milk
Peaches to serve (from a can)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 180 C or 160 C fan-forced. Grease a 22 cm fluted ring pan

1. Using an electric mixer, beat butter, sugar, eggs, flour, cocoa, bicarbonate of soda and milk on low speed for 1 minute or until just combined. Increase speed to high. Beat for 2 minutes or until thick and creamy.
2. Spoon mixture into pan. Smooth top. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
3. Remove from oven. Stand cake in pan for 5 minutes. Turn out onto a wire rack to cool.
4. Place cake on a plate. Ice.
   

Icing:

1 ½ cups icing sugar
1 tablespoon cocoa powder
2 -3 tablespoon of milk, warmed

Sift icing sugar and cocoa. Add milk. Mix until smooth. Pour icing over cooked cake. Decorate with peaches or berries.