Rene's Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 125 ml cocoa powder
• 250 ml hot water
• 4 large eggs
• 375 ml sugar
• 125 ml cooking oil
• 5 ml vanilla essence
• 450 ml cake flour
• 15 ml baking powder
• 2 ml salt

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 180 degrees celsius.
• 2 prepare two cake pans of 20 to 23 cm diameter.
• 3 mix cocoa en hot water until smooth and set aside to cool.
• 4 mix egg yolks together.
• 5 mix sugar together a little at a time and keep mixing until light yellow and spongy thick.
• 6 mix the cocoa water, cooking oil and vanilla in to the egg mixture.
• 7 sift the cake flour, baking powder and salt together and mix in to the liquid.
• 8 beat egg whites until stiff and mix in to the dough mixture.
• 9 place mixture in cake pans and bake for 20 to 30 minutes until done.