Gran'S ' Flop Proof' Chocolate Cake

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

1. Line a 20 cm diameter cake tin with wax paper.
2. Heat oven to 180u0b0C or 350u0b0F 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 water to oil and stir vigorously into dry ingredients.
10. Add in egg yolk mixture and stir.
11. Fold in egg white mixture.
12. Bake at 180u0b0C (350u0b0F) for approximately 30 minutes.
13. For icing:
14. Once cake has cooled down, mix ingredients and ice cake.

sugar, flour, salt, cocoa, baking powder, egg whites, egg yolks, vanilla essence, oil, boiling water, icing, cocoa, icing sugar, milk

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/grans-flop-proof-chocolate-cake-316042 (may not work)