FANTASTIC CHOCOLATE CAKE (CHOCOLATE AND VANILLA)
Fantastic Cake Recipe ( Chocolate & Vanilla ) English translation
Prepare 1 large square or 2 large round cake tins.
Mixture 1:
(Sift together)
1&1/2 cups flour
4 teaspoons Baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 heaped tablespoons cocoa powder
Mixture 2:
6 eggs, seperated
1 & 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup oil
1 cup water
1 teaspoon Vanilla essence
Beat together egg yolks and sugar.
Add oil, warm water and vanilla essence. Beat well again.
Add mixture 2 to mixture 1. Mix well.
Beat egg whites until stiff. Fold into above mentioned mixture.
Bake at 180 degrees C for 45 minutes. Leave to cool for a few minutes for sides to release. Turn out. Cool completely and decorate.
For Vanilla ( white cake ) version, replace the cocoa powder with 4 heaped tablespoons of Maizena.
Recipe of Rita Pretorius
Translated by Janieta Nell
