Dark chocolate cake recipe

By: Thomasina Miers From: Market Kitchen

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Prep time:
20 min
Cook time:
1 hr
Serves:
makes 1 cake

Thomasina Miers shares her recipe for a special chocolate cake – the first recipe she cooked when she was 8 years old

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Ingredients

  • 190 g dark chocolate, chopped
  • 190 g butter, plus extra for greasing
  • 190 g caster sugar
  • 100 g plain flour
  • good pinch cinnamon
  • 3 eggs, beaten

To serve

  • icing sugar
  • double cream
  • 6 Mars bars
  • 1 packets rolos
  • 2 flake
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Method

1. Preheat the oven to 190C/gas 5 and lightly grease a 20cm round cake tin.

2. Combine the chocolate and butter in a small bowl. Suspend the bowl over a saucepan of gently simmering water and stir until the mixture is melted and smooth. Add the caster sugar and continue to stir until melted.

3. Remove the bowl from the heat. Sift in the flour, cinnamon and a good pinch of salt and mix well.

4. Slowly incorporate the eggs until the mixture is well combined.

5. Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and bake 40-45 minutes.

6. Serve the cake for tea, dusted with icing sugar and double cream or, for special occasions, serve it covered in melted Mars Bars, Rolos and crumbled Flake bars.


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Well I am going to try this, sounds delicious and the topping is optional!

LynH38352 LynH38352  Posted 22 May 2009 11:24 PM
 

This just doesen't do it for me. Swimming in melted Mars bars!!!

craftfairy craftfairy  Posted 22 May 2009 9:18 PM
 

this recipe is quite easy, but agree it looks awful in the picture

anne campbell anne campbell  Posted 20 Mar 2009 5:36 PM
 

sorry but that picture doesn't make it look very pretty!

Julesjawdee Julesjawdee Posted 20 Mar 2009 4:50 PM
 

This recipe really does contain salt...you already have the icing sugar in it and the salt just brings out the flavours more.

Sommersunshine Sommersunshine Posted 13 May 2008 8:42 PM
 

What size eggs are used (is this the same for all recipes when no size egg is specified)?

Buttercupeightyeight Buttercupeightyeight Posted 09 May 2008 8:09 AM
 

Sorry the recipe does have a pinch of salt, its in the method, and tom is camilla parker bowles son.

natasha1980 natasha1980 Posted 09 May 2008 12:25 AM
 

The recipe hasnt got salt in it, i think that was just a comment passed by matthew fort. And T.P.B, is camilla parker bowles son.

natasha1980 natasha1980 Posted 09 May 2008 12:23 AM
 

I thought that this recipe called for a pinch of salt? And who is this Tom Parker Bowels chap?

John1951 John1951 Posted 09 May 2008 12:07 AM