Tip: This cake improves taste after 24 hours and freezes well.
Ingredients
1 ¾ cups plain flour
1 ½ cups sugar
3 tsp baking powder
Mix all of the above together
½ cup cocoa
¾ cup hot water
3 egg yolks or 4 if not extra large
½ cup oil
Salt
Method
Mix all of the above together
Mix cocoa mixture, egg yolks and oil together.
Fold flour mixture into cocoa mixture
Add another ½ cup water or brandy or orange juice.
Beat egg whites stiff with 2ml baking powder.
Fold egg whites into cocoa mixture and make sure mixture is well blended.
Bake at 170C for about 45 minutes. The baking time will depend on your oven and size of cake. Listen to the cake- when you can smell it and it is firm to touch when quickly opening the oven on smelling cake then it is ready.
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