Chocolate Cake

Ingredients:
Sugar 2 cups
Flour 1-3/4 cups
Cocoa powder 3/4 cup
Baking Soda 1-1/2 tsp
Baking powder 1-1/2 tsp
Salt 1 tsp
Eggs 2
Milk 1 cup
Oil 1/2
Vanilla essence 2 tsp
Boiling water 1 cup

Frosting:
Butter 3/4 cup
Cocoa powder 1-1/2 cups
Icing sugar 5-1/3 cups
Milk 2/3 cup
Vanilla essence 1 tsp

Method:
In a bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add the eggs, milk, oil and vanilla, mix. 
Stir in the boiling water by hand. 
Pour evenly into the two prepared pans. 
Bake for 30 to 35 minutes at 175 degrees C, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. 
Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to cool completely. 

To make the frosting, cream butter until light and fluffy. 
Stir in the cocoa and icing sugar alternately with the milk and vanilla. 
Beat to a spreading consistency. 
Split the layers of cooled cake horizontally, cover the top of each layer with frosting, then stack them onto a serving plate. 
Frost the outside of the cake if desired.

Zarnak's wardrobe for this episode was sponsored by Ateeqa's Couture.