Super Rich Double Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 100 g dark chocolate, must be good quality
• 3 tablespoons hot water
• 180 g butter, softened
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups self raising flour
• 1/4 cup cocoa

Recipe

• 1 grease and line a 20cm round cake tin.
• 2 melt the chocolate with the water in the microwave, every 30 seconds give it a stir. set aside once melted to cool slightly.
• 3 cream the butter and sugar. add the eggs, beat well after each addition.
• 4 fold in the chocolate mixture.
• 5 sift in the flour and cocoa - fold through. don't over mix or your cake will sag in the middle.
• 6 pour into prepared tin and bake at 180oc for 45-55 minutes (or until centre is springy when pressed lightly.
• 7 cool for 10 minutes in tin before turning onto a wire rack.
• 8 frost when fully cooled to room temperature.