Whole Nut Chocolate Cake

Can a cake/dessert be anymore decandent....

Serves: 12
Preparation: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 45 minutes

Ingredients:

Cake:

• 250 ml cake flour
• 10 ml baking powder
• 1 ml salt
• 250 ml sugar
• 125 ml oil
• 4 eggs, separated
• 125 ml cocoa powder
• 125 ml boiling water

Sauce:

• 285 g evaporated milk
• 125 ml sugar

Topping:

• 95 g evaporated milk
• 2 slabs whole nut chocolate, broken into squares

Method:

1.  Preheat oven to  180°C & grease a 20 x 30 cm baking dish.
2. CAKE: sift the cake flour, baking powder & salt into a bowl. Add the sugar. In a separate bowl, whisk the oil, egg yolks, cocoa powder & boiling water. Make a hollow in the center of the dry ingredients, pour in the yolk mixture & mix.
3. Whisk the egg whites until stiff & fold into the batter.
4. Pour the mixture into the baking pan & bake for 40-45 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean. Leave to cool slightly & prick with a fork.
5. SAUCE: Heat the evaporated milk & sugar. Pour over the hot cake when it comes out of the oven.
6. TOPPING: Heat the ingredients until the chocolate melts and pour over the cake. Leave to set.