Ingredients
- ½ cup Unsalted Butter, at room temperature
- ¾ cup Granulated Sugar
- ¼ cup Brown Sugar (baking)
- 1 Egg
- ½ cup Cocoa Powder (100% cocoa)
- 1 cup Self Raising Flour
- ¼ tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- ½ tsp Instant Espresso Powder (optional)
- ½ tsp Baking Soda
- 3/4 cup Buttermilk
Method:
- Preheat gas or electric oven with fan to 160 C or without fan to 180C.
- Grease and flour Cake pan or lightly grease and line the base with liners and set aside.
- In a bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt and set aside.
- In another bowl, cream together butter and both sugars
- Now add the egg and vanilla and mix well until smooth
- Add the dry ingredients and mix until they are incorporated well.
- Add buttermilk and mix it well. Make sure you do not overmix the batter.
- Fill your cake tin with the cake batter and bake them for 30-35 minutes or until a knife comes out clean when inserted in the center of the cake.
- Let them cool for a few hours before frosting them.
- The above recipe is for 8 inch cake.
