Chocolate Truffle Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 25 g cocoa powder, sieved
• 275 g dark chocolate, broken up (70% cocoa)
• 250 ml double cream
• 5 large eggs
• 90 g light brown sugar
• 8 tablespoons cointreau liqueur
• 50 g dark chocolate (optional topping)
• cocoa powder (optional topping)
• icing sugar (optional topping)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 170 c (325 f).
• 2 grease and line with paper a round, 20cm, loose bottomed tin.
• 3 place chocolate and cocoa in a bowl over a pan of simmering water. once melted, remove from heat and allow to slightly cool.
• 4 whip cream until soft peaks.
• 5 in a large bowl, whisk eggs and sugar until thick (5-8 minutes).
• 6 whip melted chocolate mixture into the egg until well blended.
• 7 fold in cream and cointreau.
• 8 pour into the tin. place this in a roasting tin, half fill the roasting tin with boiling water.
• 9 place in oven and bake for 30-40 minutes or until centre is just set.
• 10 remove from heat, allow to stand for 20 minutes. remove from tray and place in fridge overnight.
• 11 optional toppings: melt additional chocolate and pipe squiggles onto greaseproof paper. allow to set then arrange on cake.
• 12 dust cake with cocoa and icing sugar.