Edyta's chocolate cake

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 250 g margarine
• 1 ½ glasses of sugar
• 1 ½ glasses of flour
• 3 tbsp cocoa powder
• 1 packet of vanilla sugar
• 6 tbsp water
• 3 eggs
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 6 tbsp vodka, alternatively water if you don’t want to use alcohol

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Rest time approx. 20 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 45 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour 25 minutes

The measuring glass holds 250 ml. Melt the margarine in a saucepan, then stir in the sugar, water, vanilla sugar, and cocoa. Bring to a boil while stirring and simmer gently for about 3 minutes. The mixture must now cool to about 30°C. Separate the eggs. Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form. Stir the vodka and egg yolks into the sugar-margarine mixture, then combine the flour and baking powder and stir in. Finally, fold in the beaten egg whites and pour the batter into a greased or lined loaf pan. Bake in the oven at 180°C (convection oven) for about 45 minutes.