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Ingredients
Cake
- 7 oz unsalted butter, in pieces, plus extra to grease
- 7 oz dark chocolate, minimum 63% cocoa, chips or pieces
- 3 ½ oz water
- 9 oz all-purpose flour
- 1 oz cocoa powder (approx. 4 tbsp)
- 1 heaping tbsp baking powder
- 6 ½ oz light brown sugar
- 6 ½ oz sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 3 oz crème fraîche
Icing
- 7 oz dark chocolate, minimum 60% cocoa, chips or pieces
- 7 oz unsalted butter, in pieces, softened
- 7 oz confectioners sugar
- Nutrition
- per 1 slice
- Calories
- 3181 kJ / 760 kcal
- Protein
- 7 g
- Carbohydrates
- 77.3 g
- Fat
- 47 g
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