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Delicious Chocolate Cake

Delicious chocolate cake
3 eggs separated
120g Flour
175g Sugar
60ml oil
125 ml hot water
24g Coco powder
10ml baking powder
Pinch of salt
5ml vanilla essence
Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together.
Mix the Coco powder and hot water and allow it to cool.
Combine the egg yolk, oil, sugar, vanilla and coco mixture add this to the dry ingredients and mix well.
Whip the egg whites till they are stiff, and fold lightly into the Coco mixture.
Bake at 205 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
Decorate as desired.

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Ingredients

1/2 cup of water1 and 1/2 cups of sugar2 tablespoons of flour2 cups of milk1 lemon peel7 egg yolks2 eggsPuff pastry

1. Preheat the oven to 215ºC or 425ºF.
2. Boil the milk with the lemon peel.
3. Remove a little of the milk and dissolve the flour. 
4. Beat the yolks and the whole eggs without foaming it.
5. Then add the boiled milk and the flour dissolved in milk (make sure to remove the lemon peel). 
6. In a pan put the sugar and water, bring to a boil and then add to the previous preparation and stir. 
7. Place the puff pastry in and around the cupcake tray cups, and fill them up 3/4 of the way (if you fill them too much, it will spill over and not cook properly). 
8. Bake for 30 minutes at 215ºC or 425ºF.
9. Unmold the tarts when you remove them from the oven.