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Chocolate Cake with Maltesers

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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Calories: 719
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

For the cake
  • 150 g salted butter plus a little extra for greasing
  • 250 g caster sugar
  • 150 g self-raising flour
  • 125 ml sour cream
  • 4 medium eggs
  • 50 g cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
For the chocolate ganache
  • 8 ounces dark chocolate or semi-sweet if you prefer
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 50 g butter
For decoration
  • Maltesers or any other chocolate you prefer

Method
 

For the cake
  1. Preheat the oven to 170 degrees celcius.
  2. Grease a baking pan. You can use an 9 inch baking pan. Line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper.
  3. In a mixing bowl, add the butter, sugar, flour, sour cream, eggs, cocoa powder, baking powder, salt and vanilla extract.
  4. Then mix or blend to give a smooth, soft mixture.
  5. Pour the cake batter into the cake tin and place in the oven for 30-40 minutes.
  6. Insert a skewer into the middle of each cake and if it comes out clean, then they are ready to come out.
  7. Let the cake cool down completely before frosting.
For the ganache
  1. Chop the chocolate into small pieces so that it will melt evenly.
  2. Put chocolate into a large heatproof bowl. Bring 1 cup of cream just to a boil over medium-high heat; pour over chocolate. Let stand for 10 minutes. Stir until smooth. Stir
  3. the mixture very gently, incorporating the cream steadily, without overworking. Mix in butter.
  4. The ganache should begin to appear glossy. Once it cool down, pour ganache over cake.
  5. Top cake with Maltesers.