Step 1: What You Will Need...

Ingredients:

155 g Cake flour

200 g Castor sugar

40 g Cocoa

25 ml Baking powder

3/4 cup Oil

3/4 cup Boiling water

5 Eggs

10 ml Vanilla essence

As much Nutella as you want - I used about 8 table spoons

Toppings of your choice - I used a white wafer chocolate

Equipment:

Sieve

Mixing bowls

Measuring scale, cups and spoons

Egg separator (not necessary)

Mixing spoons

Cooking spray (or butter)

Whisk

Oven

Any cake pan - I used a Bundt cake pan

Step 2: Making the Cake

1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C (356°F).

2. Set the sieve over a mixing bowl, place the cake flour, castor sugar, cocoa and 20 ml of the 25 ml baking powder in the sieve and sift into the bowl.

3. Add the oil and boiling water and gently mix with the mixing spoon.

4. Separate the eggs using the egg separator.

5. Whisk together the egg yolks and the vanilla essence in a separate mixing bowl.

6. Add the egg yolks and vanilla mixture to the flour mixture and set aside.

7. Whisk together the egg whites in a separate mixing bowl until soft peaks form.

8. Add the remaining 5 ml of the baking powder to the egg whites and whisk until stiff peaks form.

9. Add one third of the egg white mixture to the flour mixture and mix with a mixing spoon.

10. Gently fold the rest of the egg white mixture into the flour mixture.

Step 3: Baking the Cake

1. Spray your cake pan with cooking spray.

You can grease your cake pan with butter if you don't have a cooking spray.

2. Pour the cake mixture into the cake pan and, when the oven is ready, place it in the oven for about 30-40 minutes.

3. After you've taken the cake out of the oven, check if it's ready by inserting a knife, fork, toothpick, kebab stick or cake tester in the middle of the cake. If it comes out clean, your cake is ready. If any cake mixture is sticking to the cake tester, put your cake back in the oven for a few more minutes and check again.

4. Leave the cake in the cake pan on a cooling rack (not necessary) for a while, then turn the cake pan upside down to release the cake and leave the cake on the cooling rack to cool.