Heat half cups of cocoa powder, sugar and hot water and bring mixture to boil. Then allow to cool.

Mix baking soda with curd and keep aside.

Pass the mixture of maida and baking powder through a sieve and keep aside.

Now start making the cake mix. Put butter in the bowl. Add powdered sugar and beat till paste consistency is reached.

Add in the eggs and beat thoroughly.

Add some vanilla essence - I add 4 bottle cap fulls.

Add the curd+soda mixture alternately with the maida+bakingpowder mixture into the bowl.

Add in the cocoa+sugar+water mixture and continue beating.

Pour the mix into a greased baking tray. Keep in MICRO mode for 6 minutes followed by CONVEC mode for 12 minutes.

Cake is ready!!