Cadbury

Dark Chocolate Dessert Cake

Dark Chocolate Cake

Serves 20

Ingredients

CAKE
250g unsalted butter, chopped
200g Cadbury® Dark Cooking chocolate, chopped
1 tablespoon instant coffee powder
1½ cups boiling water
1½ cups caster sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla essence
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1½ cups self raising flour, sifted
½ cup cocoa, sifted

CHOCOLATE FROSTING
150g Cadbury Dark Cooking Chocolate
40g butter

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 160ºC conventional 140ºC fan forced. Lightly grease and line the base of 28cm round cake pan.
  2. Combine butter and chocolate in a bowl over a saucepan of simmering water and melt over a low heat. Dissolve coffee in boiling water. Add coffee and sugar to chocolate mixture and stir to dissolve sugar. Transfer to bowl and allow to cool 10 minutes.
  3. Using an electric mixer gradually add vanilla and eggs. Then flour and cocoa. Mix a further 2 minutes or until evenly combined. Pour into cake pan and bake for 1 - 1¼ hours. Test with skewer inserted into the middle of the cake. Cool in pan for 30 minutes, before turning onto wire rack.
  4. To make the chocolate frosting, combine chocolate and butter in a bowl over a pan of simmering water; stir to combine. Allow to cool slightly and spread over top of cake.