Chocolate Truffle Cake

Name: Chocolate Truffle Cake
Yield: Serves at least ten
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 50 g (1¾ oz) muscovado (or similar) sugar; 25 g (1 oz) melted butter, cooled, plus extra for greasing; icing sugar, for dusting; 400 ml (14 fl oz) (double) cream; 400 g (14 oz) dark chocolate (at least 70% cocoa solids), broken into pieces; 25 ml (1 fl oz) Kahlua or rum, or other chocolate-friendly alcohol (optional); 110 g (4 oz) plain flour, plus extra for dusting; 30 g (1 oz) cocoa powder, plus extra for dusting; 4 eggs; 120 g (4¼ oz) golden caster sugar

Preparation info

Serves at least
ten

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

A Long and Messy Business

By Rowley Leigh

Published 2018

About

Not a complicated recipe, but it is best not made in a hurry.

Ingredients

4 eggs
120 g (4¼ oz) golden caster sugar

Europe
United Kingdom
Dessert
England
Vegetarian
April

Method

Preheat the oven to 170°C (325°F, Gas Mark 3). Butter a 24cm (9½ in) springform tin and dust with flour.

Combine the eggs and caster sugar together in the bowl of an electric mixer.