m.b. Foodies

from Simple Essentials: Chocolate - Donna Hay p. 62

Ingredient:

250g butter, chopped

1 1/4 cups (275g) caster sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

3 eggs

2 1/4 cups (340g) self-raising flour, sifted

3/4 cup milk

4 1/2 tablespoons cocoa powder, sfited

3 tablespoons cater sugar, extra

1 1/2 tablespoon milk, extra

Methods:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees

2. Place the butter, sugar and vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat until light and creamy

3. Add the eggs and beat well

4. Fold through the flour and milk

5. Divide the mixture in 2

6. Stir the cocoa and extra sugar and milk through one portion

7. Grease a 22cm round bundt tin

8, Drop alternate spoonfuls of plain and chocolate cake mixture, then swirl with a knife

9. Bake for 45 mins or until the cake is cooked when tested with a skewer

10. Cool on a wire rack