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CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH GANACHE

Prep/Cooking Time: 60-90 Minutes

Ingredients

• 230g dark chocolate
• 170g butter
• 350g brown sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
• 350g AP flour
• 8g baking powder
• 8g baking soda
• 2g salt
• 20g cocoa powder
• 500g milk

Instructions

• Melt together the butter and chocolate
• Place the brown sugar and egg yolks in a mixing bowl
• Whisk the egg yolks with sugar till doubled in size
• On a low speed add in the melted chocolate and butter
• Sieve all the dry ingredients together
• Add the milk to the bowl and stir through gently
• Add the dry ingredients and fold through
• In a clean mixing bowl whisk the egg whites till firm peaks are reached
• Gently fold through the mix
• Coat 2 cake tins with oil and dust with flour
• Pour the mix evenly between the two tins
• Place in a pre-heated oven at 165c
• Cook for 45-60 minutes or until a skewer will come out clean
• Remove from the oven and leave to cool naturally

Ganach ingredients

• 200g dark chocolate
• 100g butter
• 100g cream

Instructions

• Place the cream in a chick bottom pan and bring to the boil
• Chop the chocolate into small pieces
• Add to the pan the butter and chopped chocolate
• Turn down the heat
• Melt all together
• Remove from the heat and leave to cool
• As the mix cools it will begin to set
• When the mix is of a managable texture cover the cakes