Devil's food cake

Devil's food cake is a sinfully tasty recipe that was amazing to make! It was given to me by my Aunty Sally.

Ingredients:
 2oz cocoa
7 1/2 fl oz water
4 oz butter
10 oz caster sugar
2 eggs
6 oz plain flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon bicarb

Frosting:
1 lb caster sugar
4 1/4 water
 2 egg whites

Method:
Mix the cocoa and water together in a jug and leave to 1 side. Mix the butter and sugar together. Whisk the eggs and add to the butter and sugar. Sift the flour, baking powder and bicarb into the mix and add the cocoa and water. Share between 2 lined tins and place in the oven at gas mark 4.

 When cooked all of the way through leave to cool. When the cakes are almost cool put sugar and water into a bowl and boil over hot water. Meanwhile whisk the egg whites until frothy. Then add the syrup to the egg and mix over boiling water until thick.

 Put the frosting on both cakes and stack them. Enjoy! :)



 If I make this recipe again I will probably make buttercream icing because it is less sweeter than the American frosting, but over all it was a lovely spongy cake!