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Ingredients

  • 125g Butter
  • 125ml sunflower oil ( or any cooking oil)
  • 250ml water
  • 3 Tablespoons cocoa powder
  • 300g Flour - plain or cake flour
  • 400g Sugar
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 teaspoon bi carbonate of soda
  • 2 eggs
  • 150ml natural or plain yogurt

For the Icing:

  • 75g Butter - softened
  • 2 Tablespoons cocoa powder
  • 2 cups of icing sugar

Method

  • STEP 1
    In a saucepan, melt together butter, oil, water and cocoa powder.
  • STEP 2
    In a large bowl, mix together all the dry ingredients. Now pour over the wet mixture, and stir well.
  • STEP 3
    Add eggs and yogurt, and stir well again.
  • STEP 4
    Pour mixture into a greased 12x8 inch baking pan or glass pyrex dish. This is a single layer cake, but Im sure you could use two 8" cake tins.
  • STEP 5
    Bake at 180 deg C for 30 minutes.
  • STEP 6
    Icing: Mix all ingredients together with a small amount of milk. Pour over cake immediately.
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