📝 Ingredients
- 250g plain chocolate,
- 175g butter, softened
- 175g caster sugar
- 5 eggs, beaten
- 125g self raising flour
- 2 tbsp brandy or milk
👨🍳 Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4. Grease and line the base of an 8-inch round spring form cake tin with baking parchment.
- Break the chocolate into a heatproof bowl and place over a saucepan of gently simmering water and stir until it melts (or melt in the microwave for 2-3 mins stirring occasionally).
- Place the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl and cream together with a wooden spoon until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the eggs, adding a little flour if the mixture begins to curdle. Fold in the remaining flour with the cooled, melted chocolate and brandy or milk. Mix until smooth.
- Spread the mixture into the cake tin and bake for 50-55 mins or until firm in the centre and a skewer comes out cleanly. Cool for 10 minutes, then turn out and cool completely.
- Make the icing: break the chocolate into a heatproof bowl and place over a saucepan of gently simmering water and stir until it melts (or melt in the microwave for 2-3 mins stirring occasionally). Remove from the heat and stir in the butter and cream until smooth. Pour over the top and sides of the cake, smoothing it evenly down over the sides of the cake. Decorate with chocolate shavings or curls.