Dead good chocolate cake

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• Rachael

  14 February 2012

  Rachael commented on this recipe

  I have made this recipe before as a chocolate cake and it gone down really well. I made it again today to make some little cupcakes and a small cake. I had forgotten how good it is, just lovely result!!! I don't use the icing here as husband is dairy intolerant, but have a good butter icing recipe which works just as well.

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• Rachael

  14 February 2012

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  Ooops forgot to rate it!

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• Cookiesrule!

  22 February 2012

  Cookiesrule! commented on this recipe

  Amazing cake which everyone enjoyed!

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• cooking-dad

  11 March 2012

  cooking-dad commented on this recipe

  Tried this recipe. Everyone loved it. Cant wait to make another one. :)

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• CecilyBarton

  09 April 2012

  CecilyBarton rated and commented on this recipe

  

  A very tasty cake but a bit dry. Make sure you use a deep 20cm cake tin as it rises a lot and I ended up with a bit of a volcano. I'd definitely make the ganache icing again though, it was so easy and tasted fab!

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• littlemiss87

  17 April 2012

  littlemiss87 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I used two 20cm tins rather than one and cutting it in half, and halfed the baking time. It worked a dream!

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• JoanneF

  29 April 2012

  JoanneF commented on this recipe

  VERY disappointed with this cake. Made it for hubby's birthday and had high expectations. It smelled divine while cooking but the cake was very dry and neither of us enjoyed it. Waste of time and money. Won't be making this again

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• JoanneF

  29 April 2012

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  Forgot to rate

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• j_hanlon

  11 June 2012

  j_hanlon rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Very dense cake, but very tasty. I didn't slice it in half, but used the excess 'icing' to make little truffle decorations around the edge. Also served far more than 8.

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• MarielleB

  02 August 2012

  MarielleB rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Yum! Very rich

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• Gerold!?!

  21 August 2012

  Gerold!?! rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Good evening. I am here to inform the internet of my progress with said 'Dead Good Chocolate Cake' and am pleased to report that the melted chocolate is taking on the right tinge of brown. I once made a 'Rather Good Chocolate Cake' (recipe from itvgoodfood.com) and was extremely disappointed with the lack of rigidity in the 'crusted top'. I am eagerly anticipating the completion of this task, as the process itself reminds me of my time in Oxford when #Herbert threw cake around the dorm and told us of his dream to become a dentist. I think now would be the perfect time to express the sentiment that if this cake does not live up to expectations my naval training will kick in. I will captain a battleship into the side of the bbcgoodfood.com headquarters if I am not satisfied. Much love Commander Gerold!?! '#lovindacake' Farnsworth

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• Natalie

  31 August 2012

  Natalie rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Quite a good recipe - nice and rich, possibly a little dry.

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• Sorrell

  02 September 2012

  Sorrell rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This is a dense and rich chocolate cake. My boyfriend really enjoyed it, he's a fan of anything chocolate based. For me though, it lacked sparkle, maybe I'll add some cherries if I bake it again. The cake rose well and had even texture. There wasn't quite enough icing for a filling and topping either, but this is easily remedied. Overall, a simple standard chocolate cake.

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• angelina

  08 September 2012

  angelina rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Lovely and soft and didn't dry out at all, nice and moist and gooey. I decorated It with white chocolate buttons as a birthday cake and it looked really pretty too

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• Auria

  19 September 2012

  Auria rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Yummy cake, and a great way to use up some eggs. Put into two tins though, one large tin for the whole mix would definitely not cook right as so many less experienced cooks seem to have commented! Everyone loved this, and not at all dry if cooked in two tins for less time :)

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• Beth

  29 September 2012

  Beth rated and commented on this recipe

  

  good chocolate cake but not the best that I've ever had.

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• Gonetomars

  04 November 2012

  Gonetomars commented on this recipe

  I've made this a few times very successfully, but this time I needed a dairy-free version. I used baking margarine instead of butter and oat cream instead of dairy. The chocolate in the cake mixture seized up when I added the flour, strangely, so I added two more eggs and used the electric beater to mix. I thought it would turn out very dense, but after 1hr30 in the oven (Gas Mark 5 because I know my oven works two marks lower than it's supposed to!) it came out perfectly and much lighter than usual. The icing thickened nicely in the fridge and then seized when I got it out (clearly not my day for chocolate) but that was fixed by reheating and adding a bit more oat cream and more chocolate. That gave me more icing than I needed so I served the excess as an alternative to cream. Altogether an absolutely beautiful cake, moist, light and very rich. You would never have known it was dairy free.

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• dinkydee

  01 February 2013

  dinkydee rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Not overly impressed with this recipe, cake came out very greasy & crumbled too much. Wouldn't make again.

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• Funke_Munke

  08 February 2013

  Funke_Munke rated and commented on this recipe

  

  The best chocolate cake I have made. Most of it had been eaten before I had finished whipping the cream to go with it!

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• Rochele Morgan

  21 February 2013

  Rochele Morgan rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I really enjoyed making this cake, and the results were pretty good, although had a bit of troubleshooting along the way. If anyone's interested in baking this cake please check my blog for my tips and to see how mine turned out! http://rosieonthenet.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/if-i-knew-you-were-comin-idve-baked-cake.html Rose x

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Ingredients

• 250g butter
• 300g light muscovado sugar
• 100g plain flour
• 100g self-raising flour
• 5 eggs
• 300g dark chocolate

FOR THE ICING

• 200g dark chocolate
• 200ml double cream

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Serves 8

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Prep 30 mins

Cook 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 250g butter
• 300g light muscovado sugar
• 100g plain flour
• 100g self-raising flour
• 5 eggs
• 300g dark chocolate

FOR THE ICING

• 200g dark chocolate
• 200ml double cream

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