The Ultimate Chocolate Cake

Name: The Ultimate Chocolate Cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 8 ounces good-quality dark chocolate, about 60% cocoa solids (200g); 8 ounces butter, cut in pieces (200g); 1 tablespoon instant coffee granules; 3 ounces self-raising flour (85g); 3 ounces plain flour (85g); 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 7 ounces light muscovado sugar (NO SUBSTITUTE, 200g); 7 ounces golden caster sugar (200g); 1 ounce cocoa powder (25g); 3 medium eggs; 75 ml buttermilk (5tbsp); grated chocolate (optional) or chocolate curls, to decorate (optional); 8 ounces good-quality dark chocolate, about 60% cocoa solids (200g); 284 ml double cream (pouring type); 2 tablespoons golden caster sugar

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"Are you on a diet? Please keep away from this moist and fudgy dessert cake if you really can resist. What makes this cake better than any other chocolate cake? Let me tell you: This cake requires little skill, it is easy to slice for layering, it contains both cocoa powder and chocolate, so you will get the flavour AND the texture you are after, the coffee brings out the chocolate flavour, the buttermilk improves the texture of the cake, the muscovado sugar (no substitute!) gives it a slight fudginess and the ganache is just wonderful. Can you still RESIST this TEMPTATION? Angela Nilson developed this superb dessert cake for the 'Good Food' magazine (April 2004) and I'm so glad she did :). Will this be YOUR ultimate chocolate cake, too? Try it and let me know! This cake can be frozen (without icing)...."

INGREDIENTS

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8 ounces good-quality dark chocolate, about 60% cocoa solids (200g)

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8 ounces butter, cut in pieces (200g)

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1 tablespoon instant coffee granules

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3 ounces self-raising flour (85g)

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3 ounces plain flour (85g)

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1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

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7 ounces light muscovado sugar (NO SUBSTITUTE, 200g)

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7 ounces golden caster sugar (200g)

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1 ounce cocoa powder (25g)

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3 medium eggs

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75 ml buttermilk (5tbsp)

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grated chocolate (optional) or chocolate curls, to decorate (optional)

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8 ounces good-quality dark chocolate, about 60% cocoa solids (200g)

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284 ml double cream (pouring type)

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2 tablespoons golden caster sugar

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