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A Very Ethical And Extremely Delicious Chocolate Cake

Name: A Very Ethical And Extremely Delicious Chocolate Cake
Prep time: PTM
Total time: PTM

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Step 1Preheat the oven to 150C/130C Fan/Gas Mark 2.
Step 2Grease and flour a 23cm round cake tin
Step 3Break the dark chocolate into pieces and melt gently in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water, making sure the base of the bowl does not touch the water, then leave to cool slightly.
Step 4In a large bowl, cream the butter caster and muscovado sugars together. Stir in the melted chocolate, making sure it's not too hot or it will melt the butter. Add the eggs and mix well.
Step 5Sift the remaining dry ingredients together and add hem to the mixture
Step 6Beat with an electric hand held mixer on full power for c 5 min, mixing the sourdough starter or oil in completely just before you finish, and transfer to the prepared baking tin
Step 7Cover with tin foil and bake for 25minutes, then remove the foil and bake for a further 25-30min. This long, slow, genre bake ensures that the cake does not burn and almost 'sets'. Please don't overbake it.
Step 8Leave the cake to cool in the tin.
Step 9To serve, melt the white chocolate and dark chocolate separately, in heatproof bowls over a pan of simmering water. Do not allow the water to touch the base of the bowl, but let the steam warm the base and sitr gently until the chocolate is melted.
Step 10Drizzle the melted chocolate in a zig zag pattern over the cake and serve.

Recipe by Vanessa Kimbell, from Food For Thought, photography by Laura Edwards.

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