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Chocolate cake for two

Ingredients

  • 6 tablespoons sugar
  • 5 1/2 tablespoons all purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1 egg
  • 3 tablespoons milk
  • 1 ½ tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 tablespoons cup hot water

Frosting*

  • 2 3/4 cup powdered sugar
  • 6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 6 tablespoons butter softened
  • 5 tablespoons milk
  • 1 teaspoons vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 350F. Grease and flour two 4 inch ramekins or baking pans.
  2. Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl.
  3. Add eggs, milk, vegetable oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed for two minutes. Stir in the hot coffee. Pour into pans.
  4. Bake 30 -35 minutes or until a tooth pick when inserted comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Cool completely before frosting.
  5. Frosting
  6. In a medium bowl, sift together powdered sugar and cocoa. Set aside.
  7. In a large bowl, cream butter until smooth, then gradually beat in sugar mixture alternately with milk. Stir in vanilla extract. Beat until light and fluffy. If necessary, adjust consistency with more milk or sugar.

Recipe Notes

I did not make the frosting from scratch so I can not tell you how much you would need for a small batch.