Cocoa Cake
A simple chocolate cake with no frosting just a dusting of cocoa Powder. Easy recipe that turns out perfect everytime.
Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 30 minutes mins
Course baking
Cuisine American
- 1¾ cup (220g) Plain Flour See Notes
- ⅓ cup (30g) Cocoa Powder ( Preferably Dutch Cocoa)
- 1 cup Caster Sugar
- 2 Eggs At Room Temperature
- ½ cup Yoghurt
- ½ cup Canola Oil
- 1½ tsp Baking Powder
- Pinch of Salt
- 1 tbsp Icing Sugar For Dusting.
Preheat the oven at 160 °C/ 320 °F.
Line a medium sized cake tin with baking paper.
In a mixing bowl add eggs, oil, sugar and yoghurt. Whisk until well combined.
In another bowl mix flour, cocoa powder , baking powder and salt.
Add wet ingredients into the flour and fold in untill well combined.
Pour the mixture in prepared tin and bake for 30-40 minutes or until skewer comes out clean.
Allow it to cool down on wiring rack. Dust it with icing sugar.
- You can use self raising flour, omit baking powder if using it.