successful claims.com cake
Serves 8
Easy
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This chocolate cake was made for me when I recently opened my new company, the recipe is easy but tastes awesome.
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- 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 1
Heat the oven to 160c, butter and line a 20cm cake tin.step 2
Using an electric whisk, beat together butter and light muscovado sugar in a large bowl until fluffy.step 3
Measure 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 splitstep 4
Pour 300g melted and slightly cooled dark chocolate into the mixture, beating as you do so. Fold in the rest of the flour.step 5
Spoon 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 6
To 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.
