Baking at home

After spending a lovely morning with Graham and Ethie at the Plant Barn looking for veggies to plant, having a cinnamon doughnut for breakfast and browsing through a few shops, we decided to relax for the rest of the day.  We visited the local pet shop and almost came home with an adorable puppy.  We bought some fresh fruit and veggies and then decided to go home.  Lunch was tiger bread, shaved ham and dijonaise. Very lazy and while I was fideling on my blog, I got the urge to bake a chocolate cake. 

This is the easiest cake ever and takes literally 5 minutes to make.  As usual I had company in the kitchen and volunteers for baking.  Voluteering more to eat than to bake if you ask me!!!!  No one volunteerd with the cleaning though, somehow I always fall for their little chocolate covered smiles...  But these are the fun times I want to remember.

The ingredients.

Margarine.

Eggs.

Volunteer 1 & 2 getting started.

Get the mixing going with the sugar added.

Everything is in. Ethie making sure.

The taste test.

Mama making sure it is all mixed well and adding the chocolate touch, Ethie still tasting.

Good mixing is the key - 5 whole minutes.

All into cake pans.

And into the oven they go!!!!!

Making the chocolate icing...

The End Product.

Delish!!! Everyone said so... 

Here is this easy peasy recipe, do try it.

5 MINUTE CAKE

160g margarine

1 1/2 cups sugar

3 cups flour

4 eggs

4 tspn baking powder

1 cup milk

2 tspn vanilla essence

1. Add all ingredients together in a mixing bowl and mix well for 5 minutes.

2. Pour into prepared cake tins.

3. Bake @ 180 degrees for 35 minutes.

4. Ice as desired.

Variations:  Chocolate Cake - Add 50ml cocoa

                   Orange Cake - rind and juice of 1 orange

Try it!!!!!!