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Pre heat your oven to 160°C / 320°F / Gas mark 3
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Grease and flour a 900g / 2lb loaf tin Sizes are 20x12x8cm / 8x5x3in
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Melt the butter: just until it becomes runny (I use the microwave).
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Add the eggs and vanilla extract to a bowl and whisk until light and airy, a hand-held electric mixer is ideal (see video).
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Add the melted butter and beat that in too.
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Add the full can, of condensed milk and coffee, carry on beating.
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Finally sift in the flour, baking powder, salt (omit salt if you used salted butter) and cocoa powder.
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Using a spatula gently fold it in until you have a smooth batter, (don’t worry if there a few small lumps in the batter).
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Carefully pour the batter into your prepared loaf tin/pan, making sure you scrape it all out of the bowl.
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Give the tin a few taps on the bench to lift any of the larger air bubbles.
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Now get it into your pre-heated oven and bake for 45 minutes.
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Making the Ganache:
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Chop the chocolate into small pieces and get them into a heat safe bowl.
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Get the cream into a small saucepan, and on a low heat bring it up to a low simmer.
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Pour the hot cream into the bowl with the chocolate in, and let it melt for 3 minutes.
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Using a spatula, fold the melted chocolate and cream together until you have a glossy ganache.
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Refrigerate until it sets, approximately 1 hour.
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Back to the cake in the oven.
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When the time is up, check it with a cocktail or kebab stick, if it comes out dry it’s done, if not bake for a further 5 minutes and try again.
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Place the tin on a wire rack and let it cool for at least 10 minutes before removing it from the tin.
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Now simply treat it like any other sponge cake.
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You can dust with icing/powdered sugar, or cover it with a flavoured frosting, or jam and coconut, or just in a bowl with lots of steaming hot vanilla custard.
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This cake is also ideal for the base of a fresh cream trifles.
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Ingredients
Dry Ingredients:
200g / 7oz Plain/ all-purpose flour
45g / 1.6oz Cocoa Powder
15g / 1tbls Baking powder
¼tsp Salt (Omit: if using salted butter)
Wet Ingredients:
380g / 14oz Can Condensed milk
155g / 5½oz Butter (melted)
3 Eggs (large, room temp)
6mls / 1tsp Vanilla extract
1tsp Instant Coffee in 15ml / 1tbsp hot water
Ganache:
180g Plain / Dark Chocolate
180ml Double Cream
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2lb / 900g Loaf Tin/Pan
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