Recipe from chapter 11.
Ingredients
Serves 8
For the cake:
125g/5 oz cocoa powder, plus more for dusting
10 oz. plain bitter chocolate, broken into pieces
250g/10 oz unsalted butter, cut into cubes
200g/8 oz plain all-purpose flour
1.5 tsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp. salt
500g/ 20 oz granulated sugar
6 eggs
2.5 tsp. vanilla extract
For the buttercream topping:
300g/12oz plain chocolate
150g/6oz butter
500g/1b icing sugar
3 tbsps. cream
Method
1. Have all the ingredients at room temperature.
2. Preheat an oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas mark 4.
3. Using a small pastry brush, grease 2x20cm/8 inch sandwich cake pans with oil or softened butter, making sure to coat the details and crevices in the pans. Dust thoroughly with cocoa powder; tap out excess.
4. To make the cakes, put t
