Chocolate Cake from Scratch

Ingredients

4 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup boiling water
2 tsp. baking powder
1 Tbsp. corn flour
1 1/4 cup cake flour

Preparation

Beat one egg at a time with sugar until light and fluffy. Add vanilla followed by the oil and boiling water.

Sift the baking powder, corn flour and cake flour four times and then add to the other ingredients. Mix well and divide mixture into two round cake tins.

Bake at 325 degrees for 20 minutes or until an inserted toothpick is clean. Remove from tins and cool on wire racks before icing.

ICING:

1 1/2 cup icing sugar
4 Tbsp. butter
2 Tbsp. cocoa powder
1 tsp. vanilla extract
milk (enough to make the icing thin enough to spread)

Mix everything together spread over cake and decorate as desired.

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