Walnut and Chocolate Cake

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Rich, dark and nutty English cake.

This recipe contains the following types of ingredient: eggs; dairy and honey; plants and fungi.

Ingredients

200 g
butter
400 g
FAIRTRADE plain chocolate
75 g
FAIRTRADE Cocoa
6
hens eggs
300 g
FAIRTRADE caster sugar
125 g
FAIRTRADE chopped walnuts

Method

Preparation

Grease a spring bottom cake tin.

Pre-heat the oven to gas mark 4 (180 °C; 350 °F).

Baking

Sift the sugar through a sieve.

Stir / melt the butter and chocolate together in a bowl over simmering water.

Stir in the cocoal powder and allow to cool a little.

Whisk up the eggs in a bowl over simmering water until light and fluffy and about three times increased in volume from when you start.

Remove from the heat and fold in the chocolate mixture and then the nuts.

Pour into the tin and bake at gas mark 4 (180 °C; 350 °F) for 35 minutes.

Allow to cool before turning out.

To serve

Slice and serve with dollops of whipped cream.

Variation

Pecan nuts are very good for you.