INGREDIENTS

For the cake :
4 eggs
1 cup sugar
¾ cups oil
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
2 cups flour
4 teaspoon baking powder
4 tablespoon cocoa
1 ¼ cup Luke warm water

Fluff :
2 egg whites
2 cups icing sugar
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 teaspoon vanila essence
1 tablespoon gelatine
½ cup water

Icing :
250g butter / marg
2 cups icing sugar
¼ cup cocoa
Few tablespoon milk
1 tablespoon Nutella ( optional )

METHOD

For the cake :
Preheat oven to 180degrees
Beat together the eggs , sugar and oil until fluffy , add vanilla
Add the flour and baking powder .
Mix together the cocoa and water and lastly add this in slowly. Let everything mix . Pour batter in a greased round baking tin and bake for 20 minutes or until done .

Fluff :
Beat together egg whites , sugar and cream of tartar until the sugar dissolves and you can see the texture becoming fluffy
In the meantime boil the water , remove from heat add the gelatine and continue stirring until all as dissolved . Pour this mix to the fluff and beat for 3 minutes or until glossy .
Set aside .
Icing :
Beat together butter and sugar until white . Add the cocoa and milk and continue beating until well combined . Lastly add the Nutella and beat for another minute ,
Set aside .

Assemble :
Cool the cake completely . Cut the cake in the middle . Add some fluff to the cake as well icing . Sandwich the cake . Add theremaining fluff to the top half and top with the icing . Using a spoon spread and gently mix the topping to create the designs showing some of the fluff .

P.S these can also be made in cupcake form . All you have to do is when the cupcakes are cooled , cut the middle remove a piece , stuff with mellow fluff . Place the cut piece close add the icing and spread .
Then you will have stuffed mellow fluff cupcakes 😛

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