Directions |
Step 1
Preheat your oven to 170 Degres Celsius (Fan Forced Oven). Grease a 22cm round cake tin. |
Step 2
Place the chocolate in a bowl and melt it. Once the chocolate has melted, add the butter, piece by piece, stirring with a metal spoon until smooth.
See our How to Melt Chocolate page if you are unsure how to melt chocolate properly. |
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Step 3
Separate the egg yolks from the whites. In the bowl containing the egg yolks, add the sugar and mix well. |
Step 4
Add the melted chocolate and butter to egg mixture and stir well. After mixing thoroughly add the flour to the bowl and again mix well. |
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Step 5
Beat the egg whites to a soft peak. |
Step 6
Carefully fold the egg whites into the egg-chocolate mix. Stir gently to combine. |
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Step 7
Spoon into prepared pan. Bake for 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
Once cooked, stand cake for 10 minutes. Then turns out onto a wire rack and leave it to cool completely. |
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Step 8
To make the icing:
Place the chocolate and the cream in microwave safe bowl. Microwave uncovered at 70% power for a couple of minutes, stirring every 30 seconds until it is completely smooth. Next, simply spread the icing on the top and sides of the cake. |
Step 9
Serving:
The cake can now be eaten as, served with your favourite ice cream or custard or can be decorated in any way you like. The simplest form of decoration is a thin dusting of icing sugar but you can make your decorations as elaborate as you like. |
