Dense Chocolate Cake

Dreaming of cake, mom and I went into the kitchen to pop one into the oven. She wanted chocolate and I wanted it moist. I remembered a friend telling me she had this recipe that was part of a chocolate mousse cake that made the most delicious moist (and although I am not a fan of the word, I feel okay using it to describe cake) cake. It didn't take us long to whip it up and pop it in the oven. The result was a beautifully dense, deliciously moist chocolate cake whose recipe I will treasure.

Ingredients:
2 cups (400g) sugar
1 1/4 cups (245g) flour
3/4 cup (90g) cocoa powder
1 1/2 tsp (7.5ml) baking powder
1 1/2 tsp (7.5ml) bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp (5ml) salt
2 eggs, at room temperature
1 cup (250ml) milk
1/2 cup (125ml) vegetable oil
2 tsp (10ml) vanilla essence
1 cup (250ml) boiling water

Method:
Preheat the oven to 180ºC
Grease and line a 26cm cake pan
Using an electric mixer with the paddle attachment, mix together the sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt
Add the eggs, milk, oil and vanilla essence, and beat for 2 minutes on medium speed
Stir in the boiling water - the batter should be runny
Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan and bake for 35-40 minutes, or until the centre of the cake springs back when lightly pressed
Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before turning out