Vanilla and Cocoa Sponge Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 5 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 pinch of salt
• 2 cups self raising flour
• 4 tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa
• 6 tablespoons milk
• 2 cups icing sugar
• 2 tbsps water
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

1. 1

   Beat the melted butter with the sugar for a few minutes till, light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time and let them absorb in the mixture.

2. 2

   Add the vanilla, salt and gradually add the sifted flour. Carry on whisking to make a fluffy mix.

3. 3

   Grease your cake tin and sprinkle with some flour. Pour half of the mixture in it while you prepare the cocoa flavored mix.

4. 4

   Heat up the milk till warm to touch and dissolve the cocoa. Pour in the cocoa mix in the remaining cake mix. Stir with a spoon till the cocoa mix is thoroughly mixed in.

5. 5

   Use a spoon to pour out the mix into the baking tin and lightly stir to entangle the cocoa mix with the vanilla base.

6. 6

   Preheat oven at 175 C and bake for about 1 hour. Test if its done by slowly piercing with a thin wooden skewer. If the mix sticks on the skewer it needs to cook for a little while longer.

7. 7

   Let it cool down, remove from the tin and serve.

8. 8

   I you like to garnish the cake with glaze, then in a large bowl add all the ingredients and blend with a spoon to combine, until the glaze is smooth and and glossy. Add a little bit more hot water, if needed (the glaze should be like a thin cream). Top the cake with the glaze and even out.