Chocolate Layer Cake
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Serves: 12
 
Ingredients
  • 6oz. (170gm) dark chocolate
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ½ cup water
  • pinch cinnamon
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 2¼ cups plain flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 6oz. (170gm) butter
  • 1 pint (570ml) cream
Instructions
  1. Put roughly chopped chocolate, sugar, water and cinnamon in top of double boiler. Heat over simmering water until chocolate is melted; add vanilla, allow to cool.
  2. Sift flour and salt into a bowl, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs. Add ¾ cup cooled chocolate mixture; mix thoroughly. Divide into 4 parts. Grease oven trays, cut out 4 circles of greaseproof paper, 8in. (20cm) in diameter, and put on greased trays; grease lightly. Spread a portion of mixture over each paper circle. Bake in hot oven 10 minutes or until pastry is firm. When cooked, remove carefully from trays, cool on wire rack.
  3. Whip cream until soft peaks form, fold in remaining chocolate mixture. Remove paper from pastry layers, join layers with chocolate cream. Refrigerate 8 hours before serving. Sprinkle top with sifted icing sugar.
Recipe by Country Recipe Book at https://countryrecipebook.com/chocolate-layer-cake/