Note : Cakes is soft but dry, when chill turned into moist, maybe due to too much of baking soda and baking powder.
Ingredients:-
100g Butter, softened
200g Sugar ( I used 180g castor sugar)
2 Eggs ( I used A size )
3/4 tsp vanilla essence
1/2 cup milk ( 125ml )
1 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 cup boiling water ( with 1 tsp Nescafe Classic Instant Coffee powder )
190g Flour
1/4 tsp salt
3 tsp baking powder
40g Cocoa powder
Method:-
Sift flour, salt, baking powder and cocoa powder in bowl. Dissolve baking soad in milk.
Cream butter and sugar until light, add essence and eggs, continue beating.
Add in the rest of the ingredients (milk, coffee liquid and flour ingredients), beat till smooth.
Spoon batter into greased paper cases to 3/4 full.
Bake in a preheated oven at 160°C for about 20 minutes or until skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.
Leave to cool on rack before icing. Ice with whatever type of icing you prefer or dust lightly with icing sugar.
