Rachel Allen's Divine Rich Chocolate Cake

At the time of writing, I have not tried out this recipe. I watched an episode of Rachel's cooking show on BBC Food and saw her make this. The cake certainly looked divine and rich so I tried looking for the recipe on the net but (shockingly enough!) could not find it.

So, I waited patiently for the repeat of Rachel's show, pencil and notebook in hand, took down the entire thing from TV

Here's the recipe:

Ingredients

150g dark chocolate chips (60-70 %cocoa)

150 caster sugar

125 g butter chopped into pieces

3 eggs

55 g plain flour

Method

Note: Preheat oven to 180C and grease a round baking tin. Line bottom of tin with greased greaseproof paper

1. Place chocolate chips, sugar and butter into a double boiler/bain marie to melt. When water comes to a boil, turn off flame and stir until everything is smoothly mixed.
2. While chocolate mixture is melting, break 3 eggs and whisk.
3. Add whisked eggs to melted chocolate mixture (after it has slightly cooled).
4. Fold in the plain flour.
5. Empty into prepared baking tin.
6. Place in oven and bake for 40 to 50 minutes

Chocolate glaze

Ingredients

110g chocolate

45 g butter

2 Tbsp milk

Melt all 3 ingredients in bain marie. Let cool but not cold. While still warm, pour glaze onto completely cooled cake.