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Celebration Chocolate Cake

This is a recipe for 1 x quantity of the cake.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 50 minutes
Course Sweet Things
Servings 10

Ingredients
  

  • 250 g Unsalted Butter
  • 200 g best quality dark chocolate
  • 1 tbsp instant coffee dissolved in 375 ml (1 1/2 cups) hot water
  • 460 g caster sugar
  • 185 g self-raising flour
  • 75 g plain flour
  • 30 g cocoa powder best quality
  • 2 whole eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 150 C. Grease and line the base and side of a 24 cm springform cake tin.
  • Melt butter in a saucepan on a low heat and add the chocolate, stirring to melt. Add the coffee and water mixture and sugar, stirring to dissolve.
  • Remove the pan from the heat, stir to combine, and pour into a large mixing bowl. Cool for 5 minutes. Sift the flours and cocoa into the chocolate mixture and stir through. Add the eggs and vanilla and combine with an electric mixer until smooth.
  • Pour the mixture into the preapred tin. Bake for 1 1/2 hours, or until the cake is cooked through (this is a very moist cake). The top will be crusty and cracked. If you prefer a smoother top, cut a piece of baking paper the size of the cake top and place it on top of the mixture before baking.