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Simplicity Chocolate Cake3 tab or oz butter or margarine1 cup sugar2 level tabs cocoa1/2 cup milk1 cup Self Raising Flour2 eggs1/2 or 1 teaspoon almond or vanilla.Melt the butter. Pull all other ingredients into a large basin and pour the melted butter on top of them. Beat really hard for 3 (8?) minutes, or low speed beat hard for 2-3 minutes. Pour the mixture into a prepared tin and bake in moderate oven. Be careful not to overcook. Time will depend on size and shape of tin. Loaf tin 350oF or 180oC for approximately 40 minutes.Ice chocolate cake with chocolate icing and nuts or just dust with icing sugar.LamingtonsMake simplicity chocolate cake without using the cocoa.Lamington Icing:1 cup brown sugar1 teaspoon butter1 cup hot waterPlace in saucepan and bring to boil. Thicken with 1 dessertspoon custard powder (Bird's if you are in the US) and 1 dessertspoon cocoa. Boil 5 minutes.Cut cake into squares and dip into icing. Sprinkle with coconut.Cinnamon Cake1 teaspoon mixed spice and 1 teaspoon cinnamon (instead of cocoa)Orange CakeJuice of 1/2 an orange and rind and make up to 1/2 cup of milk (replaces cocoa and milk).Passionfruit Cake2 tablespoon of passionfruit and make to 1/2 cup of milk (replaces cocoa and milk).
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