Eddie Cotsis is a very dear friend, our bridge teacher, and like many Americans, she bakes the most fabulous cakes.   This is one of her recipes for a delightful chocolate cake, which  is inexpensive and very easy to prepare.

                                          EDDIE’S CHOCOLATE CAKE

1 egg

45 g (about ½ cup) cocoa, sifted

195 g (1½ cup) self-raising flour, sifted

1 vanilla

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

½ tsp salt

200 g (1 cup) sugar

115 g (½ cup) butter

125 ml (½ cup) butter milk

125 ml (½ cup) boiling water

           Combine all the ingredients together and bake in an oven preheated to 180 C (350 F) for 35-40 minutes.   Serve sprinkled with icing sugar.