Gran's Flop Proof Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

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
1 tablespoon cocoa
250 ml icing sugar
150 ml milk

Directions

Sift together sugar, flour, salt, cocoa.
Stir to mix.
Add vanilla essence to egg yolks.
Stir together.
Add baking powder to egg whites.
Beat well to a froth.
Add boiling water to oil and stir vigorously into dry ingredients.
Add in egg yolk mixture and stir.
Fold in egg white mixture.
Bake at 180C (350 F) for approximately 30 minutes.
For icing:.
Once cake has cooled down, mix ingredients and ice cake.