Gooey Chocolate Cake
This is a very chocolate rich, gooey, moist, luscious cake - good served warm with a huge dollop of vanilla pod ice-cream or a scoop of rum and raisin.
Preparation time: 20 minutes Quantity: Serves 10-12 Cooking time: 20 minutes
Ingredients
400g plain chocolate broken
300g / 10 oz butter
6 eggs - medium
2 extra egg yolks
300g/ 10 oz light brown sugar
60g/ 2 oz cocoa powder
90g /3 oz plain flour
Method
- Melt the chocolate and butter together in a bain marie
- Meanwhile whisk all the eggs and sugar together till light, well incorporated and frothy
- Mix the chocolate and egg mix together
- Fold in the sieved cocoa and flour, stirring gently till well blended
- Spoon in to a greased tin approx. 18 - 22cm
- Bake in a preheated oven gas 4/180*c for 20 minutes or 25 minutes in a thicker tin