Chocolate Espresso Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup cocoa, sifted
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 fluid ounce espresso coffee (no milk)
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3/4 cup sunflower oil or 3/4 cup olive oil

Recipe

• 1 turn on oven to 180 degrees celsius.
• 2 set rack to low or middle shelf position.
• 3 generously grease and flour a 25cm springform cake tin.
• 4 in a large mixing bowl, combine all the cake ingredients & mix on medium speed of an electric mixer for about 3 minutes or until well combined. or if you don't have an electric mixer like me at the moment, just use a wooden spoon until all the lumps have been smoothed out.
• 5 bake for about 50-60 minutes or until the cake is cooked in the centre (check with a wooden skewer).
• 6 ice with chocolate or coffee icing if desired, when completely cooled. kiwi fruit goes really with this cake, as does mandarine.