Chocolate Cake

Ingredients
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Instructions
- 1. Heat oven to 140 °C / 280 °F and grease a 20 cm round cake tin with butter.
- Add butter, syrup, and vanilla into a heatproof jug, then add 300 mL of boiling water and briefly whisk to combine.
- Sift the flour, sugar, cocoa, and bicarbonate soda into a large bowl.
- Pour the butter mixture into the dry ingredients and stir until you have a smooth batter.
- Fill the prepared tin with the batter.
- Bake for 50–55 minutes until the cake is well risen and springy to touch.
- Cool the cake in the tin for around 15 minutes before turning over onto a cool wire rack.
- Add vanilla butter cream or any chosen flavour, then add any chocolate decorations for an extra delicious chocolate treat.
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