DARK CHOCOLATE SPONGE CAKE

So sorry that I have been absent for the last few weeks. Just been doing some personal spring cleaning of the mind and soul!

But I back, more focussed than ever and ready to overload you with more recipes than ever!

Todays recipe is my mother's chocolate  cake recipe. It is delicious. It brings back memories of me watching her bake it for our school lunch the following week.

RICH DARK CHOCOLATE SPONGE

4 X large eggs

1 cup of castor sugar

1 tsp of vanilla essence 

1 cup of self raising flour

8 TBLSP of water

4 TBLSP of butter

4 TBLSP of cocoa powder

1. Beat the eggs and sugar until light and fluffy
2. Add vanilla essence and beat
3. Melt butter and water and add cocoa powder
4. Add cocoa mixture to the eggs and add the self raising flour
5. Pour into 2 greased sandwich tins
6. Bake for 20 minutes at 180 degrees
7. Ice with either butter icing or chocolate ganache