This is the recipe that started it all. The recipe is on the first page of my mother's old recipe book from her schooling days. It is firm, yet light in texture. Just the kind of cake that was served during Hari Raya in most houses when I was little. It's quite easy and straightforward, makes a good base for decorative cakes. The recipe is as follows:
Mak's Chocolate Cake Recipe
6 oz all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
2 oz cocoa powder
a pinch of salt
7 oz butter
7 oz caster sugar
6 eggs (separated whites from yolks)
2 tsp vanilla
1 tbsp milk
Method:
Preheat oven to 160 degree celsius. Line and grease a 9" round pan. Square pan is fine too.
Sift together flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt.
Whip eggwhites into a stiff froth. Put aside.
In another bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add eggyolks one by one.
Fold in sifted flour. Add milk. Using a spatula, lightly fold in the meringued eggwhites. Do not overmix.
Pour into pan and bake for 45 mins to 1 hour or until skewer comes out clean.
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