Basic Chocolate Cake

Directions

1. 1
   (Cake) Preheat oven to 180C.
2. 2
   Grease and line a 20cm round cake tin.
3. 3
   Place butter, chocolate and sugar in a medium sized saucepan.
4. 4
   Cook over low heat, until butter melts and sugar has dissolved.
5. 5
   Sift the plain flour, self raising flour and bicarb into the saucepan.
6. 6
   Add almond meal, sour cream, eggs and vanilla essence.
7. 7
   Mix well and pour into prepared pan and bake for 40-45 minutes.
8. 8
   Cool slightly in the tin before turning onto a cooling rack.
9. 9
   Let the cake cool then ice and decorate it.
10. 10
    Icing: Place chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl over simmering water.
11. 11
    Cook until chocolate melts.
12. 12
    Remove from heat and continue stirring until mixture thickens to an icing consistency.
13. 13
    Really easy- I didn't even sift the flour and still turns out great.
14. 14
    If I can cook it.... Also a great one to get the kids involved in helping.