Ingredients
Scale
- 100 g Butter
- 250 g milk
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 460 g sugar
- 290 g plain flour
- 65 g cocoa
- 1 1/2 teaspoons bi-carb
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 230 g boiling water
ICING
- 200 g icing sugar
- 75 g Butter, at room temp
- 30 g cocoa
- 150 g cream cheese, cubed
- 1 tsp Vanilla Paste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180°C.
- Grease up 2 x 20cm cake pans or one large lamington pan.
- Melt butter for 2 min / 60°C / speed 2, or until completely melted.
- Add milk, eggs & vanilla extract, mix 3 seconds / speed 3.
- Add sugar, flour, cocoa, bi-carb and baking powder, mix 20 seconds / speed 4.
- Add boiling water, mix 10 seconds / speed 4.
- Scrape sides & bottom of bowl, mix 10 seconds / speed 4.
- Pour into pans and cook 25 minutes if using 2 pans, 35-40 minutes if using one large pan, or until a skewer comes out clean.
- Leave cake in pan for 5 minutes, then carefully turn out and allow to cool completely before icing.
ICING
- Add icing sugar, butter, cocoa and vanilla to a clean TM bowl, mix 5 seconds / speed 6, or until mixture comes together.
- Add cream cheese, mix speed 7 / 10 – 15 seconds, or until combined and motor takes off!
- Put in butterfly, mix 2 minutes / speed 4.
- Ice cakes as required!
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
