This recipe was given to me by my friend Shirley.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups plain flour
• 1 cup cocoa
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 4 eggs
• 225 grams melted butter

Method

1. Sift the dry ingredients into a bowl and make a well in the centre.
2. Beat together the melted butter, eggs and vanilla essence and stir into the dry ingredients.
3. Press into a well greased and paper-lined slice tin.
4. Bake at 180 degrees celcius for 25 minutes.
5. Cool before icing with our favourite chocolate icing.