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INGREDIENTS
200g butter cut into pieces plus extra for greasing.
200g plain chocolate roughly chopped.
100ml fresh cream.
3 eggs.
150g brown sugar.
100g self raising flour.
Icing.
100g plain chocolate.
3 tablespoon golden syrup.
55g butter cut into pieces.
70g icing sugar.
METHOD
Preheat oven to 160' line and grease baking tin. Put the butter,chocolate and cream over a double boiler and beat till melted leave to cool slightly. Beat the eggs and sugar till it turns frothy. Stir in the cooled chocolate mixture and stir in the sifted flour gently.
Turn the mixture into the prepared tin and level the surface. Bake for 35 minutes leave in tin for 10 minutes the transfer to wire rack to cool.
Icing.
Put 175g chocolate with syrup and butter in a pot. Heat gently stirring frequently until its smooth and glossy. Transfer to mixing bowl and beat in the icing sugar. Leave until the icing has thickened enough to hold its shape.
Cut cake in half horizontally put half the icing on top then place the other half on top and spread the balance of the icing on top and shave the balance of the remaining chocolate on top then cut the cake into pieces