Granny’s Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 6 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 250 g flour
• 300 g sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 eggs
• 150 g butter
• 250 ml water
• 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 50 g chocolate
• 200 g powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons melted butter
• 2 cups milk

Recipe

• 1 for the cake:.
• 2 mix cocoa, flour, sugar, soda, baking powder and salt in a bowl. (i always recommend to sieve the dry ingredients.).
• 3 melt the butter and add it to the dough with the water and the eggs.
• 4 mix the batter until light and creamy.
• 5 pour into a pre-greased and floured baking tray.
• 6 baking: pre-heated oven at 175º c for about 40 minutes on the second lowest shelf.
• 7 for the glaze:.
• 8 melt chocolate in warm milk (on the stove).
• 9 add cocoa powder, sugar and butter.
• 10 pour over the cake only when the cake is cold.
• 11 sprinkle nuts.