Ingredients:
500ml water
150ml oil
150ml cocoa
2 teaspoons vanilla essence
8 eggs
3C Castor Sugar
3.5C Flour
6 Tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Salt
Icing Ingredients:
500g Packet Icing sugar
4 Tbsp Cocoa
1 Tbsp Butter
Optional: Caramel/ red/ green cherries
Method:
1. Boil together water, Oil, water and vanilla. Be careful not to over boil as the mixture will overflow.
2. Beat the eggs and sugar until creamy in a large mixing bowl.
3. Add Flour, Baking powder and Salt to the egg mix and fold in.
4. Fold boiled mixture to egg mixture – don’t over mix.
5. Line a beer box with foil (shiny side out) and pour the mixture in to it.
6. Bake at 180°C for 40-50 minutes.
7. Mix the icing ingredients until soft, add milk if necessary.
8. Spread over the surface of the cake.
9. Decorate with caramel and cherries.
Makes 1 enormous cake! (at least 24 squares)