Chocolate Nut Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 250 g butter
• 200 g milk chocolate, chopped
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 1 cup plain flour
• 50 g almond meal (any ground nuts can be used, try peanuts like i did)
• 3/4 cup thickened cream
• 200 g dark chocolate

Recipe

• 1 melt butter and milk chocolate together, stir till smooth.
• 2 preheat oven to 170 c, grease 23cm pan and line with baking paper.
• 3 whisk eggs and sugar together.
• 4 add choc mixture, stir to combine.
• 5 sift flour and add it along with almond meal.
• 6 fold it all gently together.
• 7 pour into prepared pan.
• 8 bake for 1 hour or till done when tested with skewer.
• 9 cool in tin for 15 minutes , then cool on rack.
• 10 heat cream till nearly boiling and add dark chocolate.
• 11 stir till melted and cool till thickened.
• 12 smooth frosting over cake with spatula and leave to set then serve.