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This is a great recipe for a moist chocolate slab cake that needs no filling and is quick and easy to make.
Ingredients:
225 g/ 8 oz butter
100g dark chocolate, chopped
150 ml water
300 g plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
275 g soft brown sugar
150 ml soured cream
2 eggs beaten
Frosting:
200g dark chocolate
6 tbsp water
3 tbsp single cream
1 tbsp butter, chilled
* Grease a 13 x 8 inch square cake tin. In a saucepan melt the butter and chocolate with the water over a low heat.
* Sieve the flour and baking powder into a mixing bowl and stir in the sugar.
* Pour the hot chocolate liquid into the bowl and then beat well until all of the ingredients are evenly mixed. Stir in the soured cream, followed by the eggs.
* Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and bake for 40-45 minutes on Gas mark 5.
* Leave the cake to cool after boling in the pan before turning out onto a wire rack. Leave to cool completely.
* To make the frosting: melt the chocolate with the water in a saucepan over a low heat, stir in the cream and remove from the heat. Stir in the chilled butter, and then pour the icing over the cake using a spatula to spread evenly.
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