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Hello!

OK loved ones. I have something super special for you today. Started baking these this afternoon and only now at 11pm am I actually eating one (it has been a busy working day). To break with convention, I am going to put the picture first as I think in this case a picture is worth a thousand words:

Oh yes! Look at that shit! Wowzers.


Also breaking with convention, there is no fruit or veg in this. It's hardcore chocolate. Ready for the recipe? Let's do it.

Ingredients (cakes):

150g plain flour
50g cocoa powder
1tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
170g butter or marg
335g caster sugar
3 eggs
2tsps vanilla extract

Ingredients (hot fudge sauce - lush):

110g caster sugar
35g cocoa
80ml whipping cream
2 tblspn butter or marg
1tsp vanilla extract

Ingredients (filling):

ICE CREAM! Vanilla is best.

Once you have assembled your tools, preheat oven to 170 deg celcius. Get a bowl and whisk up the flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt. Easy. Melt butter gently over a low-ish heat then take it off and stir in sugar, then eggs and vanilla. This will look really weird and gloopy but don't panic manic. Stir in the flour mix until blended so there are as few lumps as you can manage. Then spoon the mixture into large cupcake cases. You can fill them up about 3/4 of the way because they don't rise too much. Put in oven for about 30mins, but check regularly. When they're ready, as usual, a knife stuck in should come out clean.

While they are in the oven, do the fudge sauce. Pour the cream into a saucepan with the sugar, cocoa and butter and boil it up gently, stirring lots and lots. Take it off the burner and drop the vanilla in. Try not to stick you face in the pan, not long now 'til you can eat.

When the cakes are done, and cooled a bit, saw the lids off and scoop out the inside. Set these aside in a tub for a snacking moment or to pour on ice cream once you've recovered from your sugar coma. Fill the cake with vanilla ice cream, pour some fudge sauce over, and put the top back on. This does not have to be tidy. You will discover that the more sauce the better. It takes like Jesus' own sauce.

I recommend going for a run the day after eating.
Bon appetit!
A x