Chocolate Truffle Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 9 ounces bitter chocolate, cut into pieces
• 9 ounces softened butter
• 9 ounces caster sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 tablespoon flour

Recipe

• 1 put the chocolate in a bowl over a saucepan of water placed on low heat. leave to melt, do not stir and make sure the water in the pan does not boil.
• 2 meanwhile, preheat the oven to 375°f break eggs into a bowl and sprinkle in sugar, stir well, then sprinkle in the flour and beat well until the mixture becomes light in color.
• 3 place butter in a bowl and beat well for 5 minutes.
• 4 add butter, 1 quarter at a time, to the melted chocolate, blending well with a spatula.
• 5 then add the egg mixture, stirring constantly.
• 6 grease a non-stick charlotte mould 7in in diameter with butter, or line an ordinary mould with waxed paper.
• 7 pour in the batter, cover with a sheet of foil or a lid and place the mould in a water bath. cook in the oven for 2 hours.
• 8 make sure the water in the water bath does not evaporate during cooking, if it does, add some boiling water.
• 9 after 2 hrs, remove cake from oven and leave to cool completely, at least 3 hours, before un-moulding.
• 10 once removed from the mould, place cake in the fridge. serve the next day.