Cake
Melted butter to grease
140g (3/4 cup) sugar
180ml (3/4 cup) milk
125g butter, softened
50g (1/2 cup) cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
150g (1 cup) self-rising flour
2 tablespoons all purpose flour
3 eggs
1/2 cup toasted walnut broken to small pieces
Frosting
100g (1/2 cup) powdered sugar
1/2 cup cream cheese, softened
1 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoons orange juice
Orange zest
All ingredients should be at room temperature. No mixer necessary.
Preheat oven to 160C or 350F
Brush a cake pan with melted butter
Mix sugar, butter, milk, cocoa powder, salt and baking soda in a large bowl
Heat slightly or microwave gently to melt butter. Do not boil.
Mix until there are no lumps and cool back to room temperature
Use a sieve to add half of self rising flour and all purpose flour into mixture
Mix until smooth
Add the rest of flour and mix until smooth
Add beaten eggs and walnuts
Mix
Pour into cake pan until 1/2 to 3/4 full
Bake for 50 min until a skewer can poke and come out clean
Rest until cool
For frosting, combine cream cheese, powdered sugar, orange juice and orange zest (can substitute orange with lemon)
Mix until smooth
Spread on cake and decorate
