Post by kickingfrog on Mar 8, 2011 20:18:21 GMT
Rich Chocolate Cake
by Robin
Ingredients
470g dark chocolate
350g butter, melted
350g caster sugar, divided
125ml water
7 eggs
120g whipped cream, for serving
Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas mark 4. Grease a 25cm round tin and line bottom with parchment. 2. Chop chocolate and place in a large bowl. Add melted butter. Heat water and 300g of the sugar in a saucepan until boiling, then pour over chocolate. Stir until smooth. 3. In a separate bowl, whip eggs with remaining 50g sugar until thick. Fold into chocolate mixture. Pour cake mixture into tin. 4. Place tin on a swiss roll tin in the oven and fill the swiss roll tin with water. 5. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes. Remove from oven. Cool and refrigerate for several hours. Be extremely careful not to burn yourself on the hot water when removing the swiss roll tin from the oven. 6. Dip the tin in hot water to remove cooled cake. Garnish with whipped cream and serve.
allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/7115/rich-chocolate-cake.aspx
by Robin
Ingredients
470g dark chocolate
350g butter, melted
350g caster sugar, divided
125ml water
7 eggs
120g whipped cream, for serving
Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas mark 4. Grease a 25cm round tin and line bottom with parchment. 2. Chop chocolate and place in a large bowl. Add melted butter. Heat water and 300g of the sugar in a saucepan until boiling, then pour over chocolate. Stir until smooth. 3. In a separate bowl, whip eggs with remaining 50g sugar until thick. Fold into chocolate mixture. Pour cake mixture into tin. 4. Place tin on a swiss roll tin in the oven and fill the swiss roll tin with water. 5. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes. Remove from oven. Cool and refrigerate for several hours. Be extremely careful not to burn yourself on the hot water when removing the swiss roll tin from the oven. 6. Dip the tin in hot water to remove cooled cake. Garnish with whipped cream and serve.
allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/7115/rich-chocolate-cake.aspx