Ingredients

• 1 cup boiling water
• ½ cup cocoa powder
• 1 ¾ cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 tsp baking powder
• pinch salt
• 5 eggs separated
• ½ cup sunflower oil
• 1 tsp instant coffee
• ½ tsp vanilla essence

Method

1. Pour boiling water over cocoa and allow to cool.
2. Mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
3. Make a hole in flour mixture and pour in cocoa mixture.
4. Add vanilla essence, egg yolks and oil. Mix well.
5. Fold in stiffly beaten egg yolks.
6. Bake @ 180 degrees C for 25-30 mins.

For the icing

• 2 cups icing sugar
• ½ cup cocoa powder
• 250g butter
• 1 tsp instant coffee (optional)
• 1 egg

Beat well. (If not runny enough to spread over cake, add a little water.)

Decorate with shavings of dark chocolate.