Chocolate Cake

• 1 cup water
• 1¼ cups caster sugar
• 125g butter
• ½ cup Cocoa
• ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1¼ cups self raising flour, sifted
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten

Preheat oven to 190ºC conventional or 170ºC fan forced.  Line a 20cm cake pan base with baking paper and lightly grease sides of pan. Combine water, sugar, butter, cocoa and bicarbonate of soda in medium saucepan; stir over heat, without boiling, until sugar dissolves. Bring to boil, reduce heat & simmer uncovered for 2 minutes. Transfer to a bowl. Cool to room temperature (or overnight in the fridge covered in plastic wrap).
Add flour and egg and beat until just combined. Pour into pan and bake for 40 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes then turn onto cooling rack.