Death by Chocolate Cake

I know we normally stick to cookies but its a friends birthday so we went all out! This cake is quite rich and heavy so you don't need to make the cake too big to feed a party! I decorated this cake with a meringue and melted chocolate. You could make the meringue yourself or cheat and buy one from the shops!

This cake also goes great with Vanilla ice cream

Death by Chocolate Cake

225g Bittersweet Cooking Chocolate

140g Butter (chopped)

200g Caster sugar

1 Heaped tablespoon of vanilla sugar

4 eggs

4 heaped tablespoons of cake flour (you can use all purpose, but cake flour keeps it lighter and fluffy)

4 Level tablespoons of unsweeted coca powder

1 Teaspoon of Baking Powder

4 Table spoons of Sour Cream

Using a water bath melt the chocolate and butter together to make a smooth mixture. In a separate bowl mix the dry ingredients-flour baking powder and sugar- together. Then beat in the eggs until a smooth mixture is formed. 

Fold in the sour cream gently then fold in the chocolate and butter mixture. If you would prefer a marbled effect don't fold the chocolate in entirely.

Bake at 180º Celsius or 356ºC Fahrenheit until cooked -when you poke it the fork should come out clean!

As this isnt the prettiest cake in the world feel free to use icing or cream to decorate it!

It sure tastes nice though! =D