Microwave Chocolate And Hazelnut Cake

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 150 g butter, chopped
• 3/4 cup caster sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1 tablespoon strawberry jam
• 1 1/2 cups self-rising flour
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 100 g ground hazelnut meal
• 2 eggs
• 200 g dark chocolate, broken into small pieces
• 125 ml cream
• 100 g hazelnuts, toasted
• cocoa, for dusting

Recipe

• 1 combine butter, sugar, water and jam into microwave jug. cover and microwave for 3 minutes on high(800watts). uncover and set aside.
• 2 sift flour, cocoa and bicarb soda into a mixing bowl. stir in hazelnut meal.
• 3 make a well in the middle and crack in the eggs. pour in the butter mixture and stir until combined (do not overbeat).
• 4 poor mix into a lightly greased microwave cake container, elevate and microwave for 10 minutes on high(650watt). stand for 5 minutes and turn out. cool cake completely.
• 5 to make ganache, place chocolate and cream into a microwave jug. microwave uncovered on high(800watts) for 1 1/2 minutes. remove and mix until smooth.
• 6 cut cake in half horizontally and place half the ganache over the top of the bottom half. sandwhich layers together.
• 7 spread the remaining ganache over the top and decorate with toasted hazelnuts and dust with cocoa.