Mum's Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• I used a little less
• 125 g butter (1/2 cup)
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup self raising flour
• a little more
• 2 tablespoons cocoa
• 12 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 tablespoon raspberry jam
• 12 cup milk

Instructions

1. Cream butter and sugar, then add eggs one at a time.
2. Add cocoa, jam & vanilla, mix.
3. Sift flour, add flour and milk alternately, starting and finishing with flour.
4. Bake 35mins 200degC (400defF) lower for fan forced 180degC (350degF).
5. Chocolate icing:.
6. Butter, icing sugar, cocoa, hot water.
7. Mix icing sugar, cocoa and butter together until smooth; add a little hot water, a little at a time, continue beating - this takes away the sugary taste and makes it smooth.