Cooking: Cakes 

simple chocolate cake
ingredients:
1 cup self raising flour
3 tablespoons cocoa
250g butter
1/2 cup caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
2 eggs
icing:
1 cup icing sugar, sifted
1 teaspoon cocoa, sifted
dash of milk
2 teaspoons softened butter
method:
1. in a bowl, combine flour, cocoa, sugar, vanilla essence and melted butter.
2. add eggs and mix together for 1 minute.
3. pour into lined cake tin and bake for 25-35 minutes at 160c.
4. if the cake springs back, its cooked, don't overcook.
5. icing:mix together icing sugar, cocoa, milk and butter.
6. ice cake once cooled.
There is your simple chocolate cake.Enjoy!:)