The easiest most amazing chocolate cake you have ever tasted

I think we all need cheering up at the moment. I made this the other day and it was unbelievably delicious. Try it ....you will love it.

Ingredients

      1 3/4 Cups Plain White Flour, 225 grams
    1 3/4 Cups Sugar, 350 grams
    3/4 Cup Cocoa Powder, 67 grams
    1 1/2 teaspoons Baking Powder
    1 1/2 teaspoons Baking Soda
    1/2 teaspoon Salt
    2 Eggs
    1 teaspoon Vanilla Essence, 5 mls
    1/2 Cup Oil (I use Canola), 125 mls
    1 Cup Milk, 250 mls
    1 Cup Boiling Water, 250 mls

Basic Chocolate Icing

    1 1/2 Cups Icing Sugar, 202 grams
    1 1/2 Tablespoons Cocoa Powder, 9 grams
    1 teaspoon Butter, melted, 5 mls
    1 teaspoon Vanilla Essence, 5 mls
    1-3 Tablespoons Water, 15-45mls

Method

• Preheat oven to 160C (320F)
• Prepare a 25 x 25 cake tin, spray well with cooking spray or line.
• In a large bowl add the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt and mix well until fully combined.
• Add to this the eggs, vanilla, oil and milk and blend well.
• Finally add the boiling water and carefully stir until completely blended together.
• Pour into your prepared cake tin and bake for 35-45 minutes (all tin sizes differ so check often after 30 minutes)
• Icing
•     In a medium sized bowl combine the icing sugar and cocoa powder and mix well.
•     Add to this the melted butter and vanilla essence and stir well
•     Add water a little at a time until you have your desired consistency
•     Spread generously over the cake, allow to set, slice and serve!
•     Store in an airtight container.