Ingredients:

5 jumbo eggs

125ml (½ cup) oil

5ml (1cup) vanilla essence

250ml (1 cup) cake flour

20ml (4 tsp) baking powder

45-50ml (3 heaped Tbsp) cocoa

200g (1 cup) sugar

187.5ml (+-¾ cup) hot water

200g slab chocolate and 1 tin

(155g) desert cream for decoration

Method:

Separate eggs and whisk egg whites with 1 teaspoon baking powder until soft peaks form.

In a separate bowl whisk yolks, oil and essence.

In another bowl mix sifted flour, 3 teaspoons baking powder, cocoa and sugar.

Add hot water to sifted dry ingredients and mix thoroughly.

Blend together yolk-oil mixture with flour-water mixture till smooth consistency