Gran's ' Flop Proof' Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

• 250 ml
• sugar
• 250 ml
• sugar
• 250 ml
• self-raising flour
• 250 ml
• + 45 more ingredients
• • self-raising flour
  • 1 pinch
  • salt
  • 1 pinch
  • salt
  • 2 tablespoons
  • cocoa
  • 2 tablespoons
  • cocoa
  • 1 teaspoon
  • baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon
  • baking powder
  • 3
  • egg whites
  • 3
  • egg whites
  • 3
  • egg yolks
  • 3
  • egg yolks
  • 1 teaspoon
  • vanilla essence
  • 1 teaspoon
  • vanilla essence
  • 125 ml
  • oil
  • 125 ml
  • oil
  • 125 ml
  • boiling water
  • 125 ml
  • boiling water
  • 1 tablespoon
  • cocoa
  • 1 tablespoon
  • cocoa
  • 250 ml
  • icing sugar
  • 250 ml
  • icing sugar
  • 150 ml
  • milk
  • 150 ml
  • milk

1 Line a 20 cm diameter cake tin with wax paper. 2 Heat oven to 180°C or 350°F while preparing mixture. 3 Sift together sugar, flour, salt, cocoa. 4 Stir to mix. 5 Add vanilla essence to egg yolks. 6 Stir together. 7 Add baking powder to egg whites. 8 Beat well to a froth. 9 Add boiling w...

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