A deeply indulgent mocha cake made by melting dark chocolate and butter with coffee, then folding through flour, two sugars and cocoa. Rich, fudgy and intensely flavoured.
👩🍳 Method
1
Preheat oven to 160°C. Grease and line your cake tin(s).
2
Melt the dark chocolate and butter together in a large pan over low heat.
3
Dissolve the instant coffee in cold water, then stir into the pan and warm through.
4
In a large bowl, mix together both flours, bicarbonate of soda, both sugars and cocoa powder until well combined.
5
Add the eggs, buttermilk and the melted chocolate mixture. Mix everything together until smooth.
6
Pour into the prepared tin(s) and bake at 160°C for 1 hour 25 minutes until set.
7
Make the icing: warm the cream with the caster sugar, then pour over the chopped dark chocolate and stir until smooth.
