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1. Heat the oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas 3. Line a 20cm x 20cm square cake tin.
2. Mix the flour, sugar and cocoa together in a bowl. Melt the chocolate and butter together with 200ml water in a pan and then beat this along with the eggs into the dry mixture. Pour into the cake tin and bake for 1 hour or until a skewer comes out clean. It may crack a little on top but this will be covered by the icing. Cool.
3. To make the icing, melt the chocolate with the cream and butter until smooth and then cool to a spreadable consistency, beat in enough icing sugar to make the icing opaque and stiff.
4. Slice the cake horizontally into 2 or 3 layers and spread some icing between each layer. Ice the outside of the cake in a thick even layer and smooth the icing down as much as possible, don't worry about the top too much.
5. Dust with cocoa powder just before serving.

731 kcalories, protein 8.1g, carbohydrate 83.5g, fat 42.8 g, saturated fat 24.7g, fibre 2.6g, salt 0.68 g

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Ingredients

• 250g self-raising flour
• 250g unrefined soft brown sugar
• 50g cocoa
• 250g plain chocolate
• 250g butter
• 4 eggs

ICING

• 400g plain or milk chocolate
• 284ml pot single cream
• 25g butter
• 100-200g icing sugar
• cocoa powder for dusting

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Difficulty and servings

Serves 12

Preparation and cooking times

Ready in 1 hr 30 mins, plus cooling

Ingredients

• 250g self-raising flour
• 250g unrefined soft brown sugar
• 50g cocoa
• 250g plain chocolate
• 250g butter
• 4 eggs

ICING

• 400g plain or milk chocolate
• 284ml pot single cream
• 25g butter
• 100-200g icing sugar
• cocoa powder for dusting

731 kcalories, protein 8.1g, carbohydrate 83.5g, fat 42.8 g, saturated fat 24.7g, fibre 2.6g, salt 0.68 g

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