Babovka/also Called Pound Cake

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Title: Babovka/also Called Pound Cake
Categories: Cheesecakes, Chocolate
Yield: 1 servings

5 Eggs
2 1/8 c Powdered sugar
8 7/8 oz Baking flour
-- regular not self rising
5/8 c Vegetable oil
5/8 c Hot water
2 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Vanilla; if desired
1 tb Cocoa powder
Butter or shortening
-- to grease pan

- Separate egg whites from yolks. Set the whites aside.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix yolks with sugar. Add slowly oil, then hot water.
- Mix in flour and backing powder.
- Beat egg whites alone in another bowl until they
expand about 3 to 4 times. use an electric mixer on high
speed for this.
- Add these egg whites to the batter. Mix by hand. Add
vanilla if desired.
- Pour half into greased round angel-cake pan. Mix the
cocoa into the remaining half and pour on top of the first
layer in the pan. Don't mix together.
- Bake for 45 minutes. Check with toothpick (toothpick
will not have mixture on it if the cake is done) by poking
it into the cake.
- Sprinkle finished cake with powdered sugar.
- You could also add raisins or nuts to the original
batter or pour chocolate on top of the finished cake.

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