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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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• kimmyg82

  03 November 2007

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  Made this as a birthday cake and it went down really well. People thought I had bought it from a shop!

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  05 November 2007

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• Sisi

  21 November 2007

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  I will definitely do it again. It is ridiculously easy, I was amazed how easy it was. I shared the recipe with two person already.

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• Ginathebestcookintown

  22 November 2007

  Ginathebestcookintown rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Delicous cake, chocolatey and gorgeous!

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• eldriva

  18 January 2008

  eldriva rated and commented on this recipe

  

  It's gooood. What an easy delicious recipe. Perfect texture, perfect cake.

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• Anne

  19 January 2008

  Anne commented on this recipe

  I made this for a family celebration , it was really easy and everyone thought that it was fantastic .It also served a lot of people

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• Anne

  19 January 2008

  Anne commented on this recipe

  I made this for a family celebration , it was really easy and everyone thought that it was fantastic .It also served a lot of people

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• Rhian

  19 January 2008

  Rhian commented on this recipe

  Have just made this cake and the recipe did say there may be cracks on the top but there are massive caverns! Anyone have any idea why?? I'm making another one tomorrow as I have to take cake into work on Monday as celebrating several people's birthdays! So, will make another of these and also ice both tomorrow but any comments on what I could have done to have such massive caverns on top of the cake? Me or the oven?!?!

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• Matt's

  25 January 2008

  Matt's commented on this recipe

  Hey Rhian, Maybe you have turn the oven heat too high?

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• Rhian

  25 January 2008

  Rhian commented on this recipe

  This is the best chocolate cake ever!!!!! I have made and iced two in the last week and everyone at work thought they were fantastic. The cracks on top of the cake "calmed down" once the cake had cooled. This recipe is so quick and easy - it has to be for me to have done it!!! I'm going to make one of these whenever I need to take something to a celebration party!

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• milyhipps91

  26 January 2008

  milyhipps91 commented on this recipe

  does the 200ml of water go in with the butter, chocolate and eggs?

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• deborah

  02 February 2008

  deborah rated and commented on this recipe

  

  very easy, chocloltatey and loved by everyone

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• sues cafe

  04 February 2008

  sues cafe rated and commented on this recipe

  

  The whole family enjoyed this cake. Will make again,again and again!!!!

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• Sliverwolf

  08 February 2008

  Sliverwolf rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Had a bit of trouble with this one let's just say I'm no good with icing and my cake ended up looking like it was residing in the bog of eternal stench. However we found that (as my icing was runny) if we heated up each slice for about 30 seconds in the microwave as we ate it it was an absolutely lovely treat on a cold winters day. Oh and the reason my icing went wrong was because I didn't whisk it properly ah well you live and learn.

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• Steff85

  09 February 2008

  Steff85 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I found the sponge quite easy however it took ages to cook about an hour and a half, but I did use round tin cos I couldn't find my sqaure one. I had the same problem with the icing mine was just a chocolate sauce which was nice but so messy. I think I added the icing sugar when the mixture was too hot. I will try again and be more patient!!

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• Mineke

  18 February 2008

  Mineke rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I don't understand it, because everybody is raving. But I threw mine away. It tasted horrid. Verry, verry bitter. Maybe I used the wrong chocolate, to dark perhaps. Also I only had three egs, so I used one less, but that wouldn't make it tast bitter, would it? I don't know. Let's blame it on Dutch chocolate and cocoa.

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• Sabina

  20 February 2008

  Sabina commented on this recipe

  My cake wasn't as successful as everyone elses, it wasn't very cake-like really. It was more of a really dense brownie texture, and it was really weighty! I'm not sure what went wrong. It did taste lovely, but if I make it again I'll say it's chocolate brownie!

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• Fran

  23 February 2008

  Fran commented on this recipe

  Made this cake yesterday, didn't really look like it did in the picture, it was more of a brownie cake, didn't rise too well. Does it need mixing for longer??

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• Lesley

  27 February 2008

  Lesley commented on this recipe

  I've just made this chocolate creation.... WOW... what a delectable smell from my kitchen! I agree with one of the other commentors that it took approximately 15 minutes more than the hour suggested. I too have a large crack in the top of the cake but I think that gives it character and icing will be over the top when cool anyway. Well, I don't think there will be any hesitation in cooking this again - great party cake! Yum! Lxx

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• lou

  02 March 2008

  lou rated and commented on this recipe

  

  very easy. i didn't make any icing and serve it with tea. everyone loved it!

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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

Preperation 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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