Coca cola cake

I love it when a birthday comes in the family (obviously the most when it's mine) because it gives me an excuse to get my bake on. And as it was my mothers birthday I thought only except able to make the biggest chocolate cake I know. I decided on a chocolate coca cola cake, the tastiest chocolate cake I know. The extra coca cola makes a moist and delicious cake.

Ingredients For the cake

250g Self raising flour

300g Golden caster sugar

3 Heaped tbsp cocoa

Generous pinch bicarbonate of soda

250g Butter

250ml Coca cola

125ml Milk

2 Eggs beaten

1 Tsp Vanilla extract

For the Icing

100g Butter

2 Tbsp Coca cola

2 Tbsp Cocoa

200g Icing sugar

1. Pre heat the oven to 180 degrees.

2. Sift all of the dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl and combined.

3. Melt the butter in a pan the pour in the cocoa cola, on a gentle heat but don't let boil. Then add to the dry mixture.

4. Also mix in the milk, eggs and vanilla and combined all together gentle but thoroughly.

5. Pour the mixture into a well greased and floured removable bottoms tin. Bake for about 50mins or until firm and no loose mixture if skewered inserted in the centre.

6. While cooking make the icing, put the butter cocoa cola and cocoa in a pan and melt slowly. Bring mixture to boil and then pour onto icing sugar. And combined well.

7. Once cooked bring out of the oven and leave to cool slightly for 15 mins.

8. Before completely cooled pour the icing over the cake. Then leave the cake to cool.

9. Slice and enjoy.