Super moist chocolate cake

Recipe by: geordieshell

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This is a fairly easy chocolate cake to make but takes a while to cook, but so worth it, it is very moist and very yummy.....

Ingredients

125g butter

1 cup (155g) brown sugar

3 eggs

1 cup (125g) self raising flour

¼ cup (30g) plain flour

¼ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

⅓ cup (45g) of cocoa powder

100g dark chocolate melted

¾ cup (190ml) milk

topping

375g dark chocolate melts

¾ cup (190ml) thickened cream

chocolate curls and strawberries

1.		Preheat the oven to moderately slow, 160 degrees C/140 degrees C fan-forced. Grease a deep 20cm round cake tin and line the base with baking paper

2.		Beat butter and sugar in a small bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time until just combined.

3.		Stir in sifted flours, bicarbonate of soda, and cocoa, then stir in the melted chocolate and milk Spread in cake tin and bake for approximately 1 hour 15 minutes or until firm to touch.

4.		Leave in cake tin for 15 minutes, then turn onto wire rack to cool.

5.		To make the topping, place chocolate and cream in a medium pot, stir over heat until chocolate is melted. Transfer mixture to a bowl, cover and refrigerate until almost set.

6.		Beat this ganache topping with an electric mixer until pale and spread over the top and sides of the cake and press chocolate curls around sides. Decorate top with strawberries and extra curls