Chocolate Cake with Fluffy Brown Sugar Icing

For the Cake:
You will need:
2 cups of sugar
1 3/4 cups of flour
3/4 cup cocoa
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 tsp vanilla
1 cup boiling water

1. preheat oven at 350
2. stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt. add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla. beat on high for 2 mins. stir in boiling water... it will be very thin.. dont worry! then poor into pans
3. bake for 30-35 mins.


For the Icing:
1 cup brown sugar (packed)
¼ cup water
½ cup corn syrup
4 egg whites*
2 tsp vanilla

Mix brown sugar, water and corn syrup in a medium saucepan. Bring to a full rolling boil. (Be careful, as it will rise, so make sure the sides of your pan are taller). Let it boil at medium to medium high until the syrup drops like a hair from spoon (approximately 10 minutes). Remove from burner and set aside.
Meanwhile, beat egg whites until stiff.
SLOWLY pour the hot syrup in a THIN stream into egg whites, beating constantly. Beat until icing holds peaks, then blend in vanilla.
Let cool to room temp, then store covered in the fridge until ready to use.