Garro's Simple Recipes 

Fewer salt, fewer oil, fewer sugar.

Easy Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 cup (can be less for low-sweet) sugar

1/2 tablespoon vanilla essence

1/4 cup milk or water (better use milk)

1/4 cup flavorless vegetable oil

1 egg

Method

1. Preheat oven to 350F (Gas mark 4 or 180°C).  For Microwave & Grill oven, preheat the oven using grill mode for 4 minutes.

2. Grease a 15cm cake tin.

3. Mix flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, sugar and vanilla essence in a bowl.

4. Add milk/water, vegetable oil and egg.

5. Mix everything together until smooth.

6. Transfer to bake tin

7. Baking time:

   Oven - bake at 350F until a wooden pick inserted in centre comes out clean, approximately 35-45 minutes.

   Microwave & Grill oven - Grill for 7.5 minutes (depending on the power of the oven, less power one will take a few minutes more) first and then combine cook (both microwave & grill) for 2 minutes.  Use a wooden pick inserted in centre and if it comes out clean then it is done.