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CaKe iNgredieNts 185g softened butter 185g soft brown sugar 112.5g dark chocolate 112.5ml warm water 4 large eggs, separated 200g self raising flour Pinch salt
1) Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
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2) Melt the chocolate and stir in the warm water and egg yolks. Add the • chocolate-egg mixture to the creamed butter and sugar and mix thoroughly. Add the pinch of salt then fold in the • flour.
FiLLiNgs Pot of Nutella or chocolate spread Ganache Ingredients 90ml milk 150ml Rum 50g liquid glucose 2g leaf gelatine, soaked 300g melted dark chocolate
4) Cook in the oven at 150ºc for 20-25 minutes until springy. Remove from the oven and leave to cool.
to FiNisH Jack Daniels Jose Cuervo Jim Beam Chocolate Decorations
5) For the ganache topping, bring the milk, rum and liquid glucose to the boil. Add the leaf gelatine and then stir in the chocolate. Allow to cool slightly.
3) Whisk together the egg whites till light and fluffy, carefully fold into the cake mixture and pour into a large round cake tin.
Slice the cake into 3 even slices and splash Jack Daniels on one layer, Jose Cuervo on one layer and Jim Beam on the other layer Sandwich the layers together with the Nutella or chocolate spread Pour over the topping and leave for 2 hours in the fridge to set and cool
to FiNisH Decorate with the chocolate decorations
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