BEST MOIST CHOCOLATE CAKE


BEST MOIST CHOCOLATE CAKE
Sift these ingredients together:
1 ½ cups cake flour
1 cup cacao powder
1 ½ teaspoons bicarb of soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt

Mix in separate bowl:
1 ½ cups beer stout
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon expresso powder (ek het 2 teelepels Jacobs met klein bietjie kookwater gemeng)

Wet ingredients:
1 cup butter
1 ½ cups sugar
3 eggs
½ cup mayonnaise

120 ml finely chopped dark chocolate

Preheat oven to 160 ºC.
Beat butter until soft add sugar and beat until fluffy and sugar dissolved. Add eggs 1 at a time and beat well. Lastly add mayo and mix well.
Add dry ingredients and wet ingredients bit by bit into butter mixture and mix well.
Lastly fold in chocolate.
Devide equily between 3 lined baking tins and bake aproxx 35 minutes.
Leave to cool in pan for aproxx 15 minutes before turning it out on cooling rack.

Icing
1 ½ cups butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ cup cacao power
5 cups icing sugar
4-5 tablespoons milk

Mix well and ice cake. Enjoy 🤗
Recipe and photo:  Mandy Nel