successful claims.com cake
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 8
Ingredients
- 300g light muscovado sugar
- 100g plain flour
- 100g self raising flour
- 5 eggs
- 300g dark chocolate
- 250g butter
For The Icing
- 200g dark choclate
- 200mls double cream
Method
- STEP 1Heat the oven to 160c, butter and line a 20cm cake tin.
- STEP 2Using an electric whisk, beat together butter and light muscovado sugar in a large bowl until fluffy.
- STEP 3Measure out plain flour and self-raising flour, beat in 5 eggs one at a time, adding 1 or 2 tbsp flour if the mixture starts to split
- STEP 4Pour 300g melted and slightly cooled dark chocolate into the mixture, beating as you do so. Fold in the rest of the flour.
- STEP 5Spoon into the tin and bake for 1 hour 30 minutes, the cake should be risen with a crust on top. Cool and then take out of the tin. Split the cake horizontally.
- STEP 6To make the icing, gently melt together dark chocolate with double cream. Cool until thickened slightly. Fill the cake with icing, then spread the rest over the outside.
