Good old chocolate cake!
- ThePeckishWife
- Mar 30, 2020
- 1 min read
Chocolate cake - simply the best! A delicious divine delight.

Level: Easy
Serves: 16
Prep: 20 min
Cook: 20 minutes
Ingredients:
Cake:
1 cup flour
1 cup sugar
1/8 tsp salt
113g butter
2 heaped tbsp cocoa powder
1 cup hot water
½ cup Greek yogurt
1 egg
½ tsp sodium bicarbonate
½ tsp vanilla extract
Topping:
113g butter
2 heaped tbsp cocoa powder
3 tbsp milk
½ tsp vanilla extract
330g powder sugar
Preparation:
Line a 26cm x 18cm baking pan with greaseproof paper and preheat the oven on 175C.
In a bowl combine flour, sugar and salt.
In a saucepan add butter to melt, then add the cocoa powder, stir, add the hot water, stir, boil it for about 30 seconds and then turn the heat off.
In a bowl combine the yogurt, egg, sodium bicarbonate and vanilla extract. Add this yogurt mixture to the butter mixture. Now combine this mixture and the flour mixture. Pour the batter to the baking pan and bake it for 20 minutes. Do the toothpick test. If it isn’t clean, put it back in the oven for another 5 minutes, then do the test again.
For the topping, in a saucepan melt the butter, then add the cocoa powder. Turn off the heat and add the milk vanilla extract, powder sugar and stir until smooth. Pour it over the warm cake, let it cool and enjoy!
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