Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Sauce

What is Easter without a rich chocolate cake? I like strong flavours so I adapted this recipe to make it extra moist and chocolaty.

Place 150g of brown sugar (I ran of brown sugar so I used white), 200g of dark chocolate and 150g of butter into a heat-proof bowl. Melt over a saucepan filled with simmering water. When I have been pushed for time I have melted everything in the microwave but it is better not to.

Remove the bowl from the heat and mix straight away.

Add two eggs making sure to stir continuously so that the egg doesn’t start to cook.

Add 150g of flour 2 heaped tablespoons of dark chocolate powder and mix very well.

Pour the mixture into a fairly deep dish or baking pan as you

will have to add the sauce mixture.

For the chocolate sauce heat 400mls of spring water then add 3 heaped tablespoons of dark chocolate powder and 2 tablespoons of brown sugar. Stir well then pour over the cake mixture. Make sure that the cake is covered. Don’t worry if you have some sauce left over.

Place the cake inside another tin filled with water and cook in the middle of the oven at 180° for about half an hour.

When ready the cake will appear almost black and may have cracks in it.

This cake is very rich so don’t eat lots of it at one time!