I've finally attempted to make the richest, most chocolaty-est chocolate cake ever!
My husband is a chocolate junky and i wanted to surprise him with a special cake that he's be more than happy to dive into!
So, i found this recipe and thought it would be perfect ... it was!
Here are the ingredients:
For the cake:
200g good quality plain chocolate, broken into pieces
175g softened butter
175g sugar
4 eggs, separated
100g ground almonds
75g self raising flour, sifted
1 tbsp cocoa powder, sifted

For the chocolate Ganache:
400ml double cream
225g good quality plain chocolate, broken into pieces

Pre-heat your oven to 180 degrees/ gas mark 4. Grease and base line a 20cm round spring form cake tin. Place chocolate in a bowl and set over a pan of simmering water to melt.
Beat butter and sugar together until fluffy and creamy and then gradually beat in the egg yolks.
when mixed well, gradually mix in ground almonds and melted chocolate. Then mix in the flour and cocoa powder.
In another big bowl, use electric whisker, whist the egg whites until stiff.
Fold in the egg whites into the chocolaty mixture until well combined.
Pour mixture into prepared cake tin and bake in the oven for 45 minutes.

For the chocolate Ganache, place cream in a sauce pan and bring to a boil.
Remove from heat and stir in the chocolate until melted.
Leave to cool and chill in the fridge until firm.

When cake is cool, split in the middle, use the Ganache to sandwich the cake back together and spread the remaining Ganache over the top.

Enjoy!