Well here goes then - Good job I went and got it just in case at lunch huh
:0) I just knew that SOMEBODY would have to have a chocolate fetish on this
list!!
You guys are gonna love this one, it is soft & moist - a little like the
good old American brownie, but it is essentially a Loaf Cake.
Ingredients:
225g soft unsalted butter
375g dark muscovado sugar
2 large eggs - beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
100g best dark chocolate - melted
200g plain flour
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
250ml boiling water
23*13*7cm loaf tin
Preheat the oven to 190c/gas mark 5, put in a baking sheet case of gooey
sticky drips later;) and grease and line the loaf tin. The lining is
important as this is a very damp cake: use parchment, Bake-O-Glide or one
of those loaf-tin-shaped paper cases.
Cream the butter and sugar, either with a wooden spoon or an electric hand
held mixer, then add the eggs and vanilla, beating in well. Next fold in the
melted and now slightly cooled chocolate, taking care to blend well, but
being careful not to over beat. You want the ingredients combined: you DON'T
want a light airy mass. Then gently add the flour, to which you've added
the bicarb, alternately spoon by spoon, with the boiling water until you
have a smooth and fairly liquid batter. Pour into the lined loaf tin and
bake for 30 mins. turn the oven down to 170c/gas mark 3 and continue to cook
for another 15 mins. The cake will still be a bit squidgy inside, so an
inserted cake-tester or skewer won't come out completely clean.
Place the loaf tin on a rack, and leave to get completely cold (if you can
resist it <G>) before turning it out. (The *Author* recommends leaving it
for a day - hhuummm you won't get that far I can guarantee). Don't worry if
it sinks in the middle: indeed it WILL do so because its such a dense and
damp cake.
She goes on to say it makes 8-10 slices. My advice is share it with you
nearest and dearest only and cut it in to about 3! :0)
There you go Friday Recipe has returned, now who's turn is it next week? For
all those chocoholics - you have simply GOT to try this. If anybody bakes it
over the weekend - let me know what you think? I think it is THE best choccy
treat out!
Regards
Mark
OCP Certified (Original Chocolate Professional)
MCSE (Main Chocolate Supervisory Eater)
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Hi Mark,
I'm abstaining from Pizzas for Lent, but crucially NOT chocolate cake.
Go for it! :-)
Rgds,
AndyD
--- Mark Leith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi there Andy,
>
> No the cake recipes seem to have ceased - Guy seems to have disappeared
> from the list :( Though the list does cook up recipes for disaster on a
> regular basis :0) If you're interested I could post a recipe though for
the
> best chocolate cake you will EVER taste!! Taken from the book - How to be
a
> domestic goddess - (my partners book - not mine:) - hey Rachel - do you
have
> this one? Could be a good one to make you a goddess in ALL areas :)
>
> Let me know, I'll post it for you all to try..
>
> Regards
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 09:56
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> Hi Scott,
>
> > Good to see you back!
>
> It's good to be back! :-)
>
> Sean Hull and I have been locked in a dark room for 12 months, and they've
> finally let us out. The light's so bright, I feel like Papillon getting
out
> after a Devil Island year in solitary :)
>
> Good to see the list is still so anarchic. I've missed it. Do we still
get
> cake recipes on a Friday? >=8-)
>
> Rgds,
> AndyD
>
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