This is a lovely light chocolate cake recipe. It is super easy to make – a great cake to bake with the kids. All ingredients get thrown into the bowl and mixed! The only downside is it only makes a treat for the school lunch boxes for a couple of days only with our 5 kids.
Easy Chocolate Cake Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 cup self-raising flour
- 1 cup caster sugar
- 2 tablespoons cocoa
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 125g butter, melted
- ½ cup milk
Method:
- Preheat oven to 180°C.
- Line a 20cm round cake tin with baking paper.
- In a medium sized bowl, add all ingredients.
- Use an electric mixer and mix for about 2-3 minutes or until mixture is smooth and well combined.
- Pour cake mixture into tin.
- Bake for approximately 45 minutes.
- When you remove the cake from oven, let it cool in the pan for about five minutes or so.
- Turn the cake out on to a cooling rack.
- Make sure it is completely cool before you ice it. We just dusted it lightly with icing sugar.
Our Family Menu Plan For This Week.
Baking: Chocolate Cake
Monday: Slow Cooker Satay
Tuesday: Slow Cooker Tomato Soup
Wednesday: Left Overs
Thursday: Lasagne
Friday: Tuna Rice
Saturday: Sausages and Steamed Vegetables
Sunday: Slow Cooker Roast Beef
If you are looking for further recipe inspiration, check out my complete list of Family Friendly Recipes. All of these recipes are in the database of the Planning With Kids Free Menu Planner. You can use the menu planner to plan a week of meals for your family and then print out the associated shopping list.
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Sounds yummy and I need something to replace Banana cake in Juniors lunch box (at $12 per kg I can’t afford it). Is it really only 1 cup of flour?
I know, I feel bad every time we walk past a fruit shop and my little one says “nana” and I don’t buy them. They are so expensive!
Yes it is only 1 cup of flour. I thought it strange too, but it does work out.
Nic
Thank you for the recipe. I’ve put it on my list for this week. I’m going to have to download your menu planner as well. Seriously you could charge a fortune for it I think!
Thanks Sarah and for giving it a shout out on Twitter and facebook!
Oooh, it looks too easy! I like it.
I am just going to pop over and check out your slowcooker satay… that’s one that sounds like it needs to be made in our kitchen! x
made it yesterday for today’s lunchboxes. Delish – light and fluffy, and love that there was no creaming of butter and sugar (my pet hate when baking!). thanks.
Yum!!! This was such a perfect recipe I made it straight away!! I’ve linked up your recipe on my blog…a million thank yous from everyone at my house (they are all so pleased it’s not more bran muffins this week!!)
xxxCate
Hey,
Was just wondering what kind of sugar to use?
I am yet to make it but if it doesn’t specify, I would just use normal white sugar. I hope that helps.
Thanks nellbe – I made it on the weekend and ended up using caster sugar, my partner ate it without any complaints so I must have done well
Hi Jade,
Yes it was caster sugar. I have edited the recipe so it states that. Glad the cake worked out well. Thanks Nellbe for answering for me when I was away!
Thanks PlanningQueen
We are in the United States and do not have metric measurements, so I don’t know how to determine the amounts. Could you alter please?
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