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My husband Peter made this superb chocolate cake above primarily based on this BBC recipe and it goes down an absolute deal with at Christmas, or with out the snow-like icing sugar for events at any time of the yr. You possibly can beautify it as you want. I needed to reshare it because it’s one in every of my hottest recipes. Take pleasure in!

Substances:

For the cake:
225g/8oz plain flour/ gluten-free if utilizing
350g/12½oz caster sugar
85g/3oz cocoa powder
3 tbsp chocolate chips
1½ tsp baking powder
1½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
2 free-range eggs
250ml/9fl oz milk/oat or soya for those who want
125ml/4½fl oz vegetable/sunflower oil
3 tsp vanilla extract
250ml/9fl oz boiling water

For the chocolate icing
200g/7oz plain chocolate
200ml/7fl oz double cream
2 tablespoons of icing sugar to embellish.

Technique:

Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Fuel 4. Grease and line two 20cm/8in sandwich tins and go away to the aspect. Place the entire cake elements, bar the boiling water, right into a mixing bowl then combine till full mixed and easy.  Pour within the boiling water, slowly, mixing as you go.

Divide the cake combination between the tins and bake for 25-35 minutes, checking the highest is agency and once you insert a skewer, it comes out clear.

Take away the desserts and funky, earlier than icing them.

For the chocolate icing, place the chocolate and cream in a saucepan and warmth till the chocolate melts. Take away then whisky till thick and shiny. Go away to chill for two hours so you’ll be able to unfold it over the cake.

Loosen the desserts from the tins with a rounded knife. Unfold the icing excessive of 1 then place the opposite on prime. Place onto a big serving plate and unfold the icing over. We created wave type icing-or snow like icing tufts with ours.

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