Mocha Cake

Method

• step 1

  Preheat the oven to GM6

• step 2

  Cream the sugar and butter together until very light in colour and smooth. Add the eggs and mix well (if the mixture curdles at all add some flour, a tbsp at a time, and mix in well).

• step 3

  Sift in the flour and mix until smooth. Add milk and stir again.

• step 4

  Add the coffee powder a tbsp at a time and combine well.

• step 5

  Grease two 9" circle tins with butter and coat in flour. Split the mixture between the two equally and level with the back of a spoon. Bake in the middle of the oven for 35 - 40 mins (poke a skewer into the centre, if cooked it will come out clean).

• step 6

  For the icing: Sift the icing sugar and cocoa powder into the butter and cream together. Smother a third of the icing all over the top of one sponge and sandwich the other on top. Cover the top of this sponge with the rest of the icing.