Ingredients:

• 250 g – Refined flour or Maida
• 50 g – cocoa powder
• 300 g – Sugar powdered
• 250 g – Butter
• 5 – eggs
• 2 tsp – Nescafe
• 1 tsp – vanilla essence
• 2 level tsp – baking powder

Method:

1. Sift the cocoa powder, Nescafe, flour and baking powder together.
2. Cream the butter and sugar together well.
3. Add eggs one by one and mix well.
4. Add the vanilla essence.
5. Now add the sifted flour with the other ingredients and fold in the mixture to form a smooth slightly thick consistency without lumps.
6. Add a little milk if the batter is too thick.
7. Pour into a greased and papered baking dish or cake tin and bake in a hot oven for 40 to 45 Minutes till done.
8. Chocolate icing: Beat 6 tbsp butter and 500 g sifted icing sugar together until creamy.
9. Add 3 tbsps milk, 1 tsp vanilla essence, 1/4 tsp salt and 2 tbsps cocoa.
10. Powder and stir until smooth.
11. Using a spatula, cover the cake with chocolate icing.
12. Decorate as desired.
13. Recipe Courtesy: Anglo-Indian Recipes

Recipe courtesy of Bridget White