In which I make a ridonculously chocolaty cake from a possibly recognisable children's book...
I'm sure many of you will have read/seen Matilda by Roald Dahl. There is a famous scene in which Bruce Bogtrotter having stolen some of the Trunchbull's personal cake is forced to eat an entire chocolate cake.
Luckily Gary Rhodes (you know that TV chef you haven't seen in a while) wrote a recipe book called Roald Dahl's Revolting Recipes which tells you how to bake a slightly smaller version of the cake.*
*The cake in the book is "fully eighteen inches in diameter". The original recipe makes a 9" cake so I doubled the ingredients and made it twice as high!
Ingredients
- 450g plain dark chocolate
- 350g butter
- 450g caster sugar
- 120g self raising flour
- 12 eggs (separated)
Icing
- 450g plain dark chocolate
- 450ml double cream