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Ingredients
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3 x 200g blocks good quality dark chocolate
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375g butter, chopped
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1 cup (250ml) water
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1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
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1 1/2 cups plain flour
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1/3 cup self-raising flour
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4 x 55g eggs, lightly beaten
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1/3 cup (80ml) marsala
Chocolate glaze
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1/2 cup (125ml) cream
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150g dark chocolate, broken into pieces
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20g unsalted butter
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1 tablespoon liquid glucose
Method
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1Preheat oven to 160C. Grease and line base and sides of a deep 20 cm cake pan with baking paper. Ensure paper sits 4cm above the top of pan.
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2Break chocolate into pieces. Combine with butter, water and sugar in a heavy based pan. Stir over low heat until melted and sugar has dissolved. Cool for 20 mins.
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3Stir in sifted flours, eggs and marsala. Pour into cake pan. Bake for 1hr 50 mins, covering top of cake with foil after 1 1/2 hours to prevent a darkcrust. Cool in pan.
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4Place glaze ingredients in a saucepan. Stir over low heat until smooth. Cool for 15 mins until thickened. Spoon over cake. Stand until glaze has set. Serve with thick cream.
Source: taste.com.au
