• 225 gm — soft butter
• 225 gm — sugar
• 4 — large eggs, slightly beaten
• 225 gm — cake flour
• 1.5 tsp — baking powder
• For filling
• 375 ml — cream
• 300 gm —- dark chocolate, broken into pieces

Beat butter & sugar until light.

Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

Sift flour & baking powder together, fold into the butter mixture.

Spoon the mixture into a greased & lined baking tin.

Bake in a preheated oven for an hour at 180 degree C.

leave the cake in the tin for 10 minutes, before turning it out onto a wire rack.

Set aside to cool.

For the filling, heat cream till steaming (not boiling).

Remove from heat & stir in chocolate until it melts.

Refrigerate for two hours ort until firm.

Beat with an electric beater for 5-10 minutes until thick and creamy.

Halve the cake horizontally.

Spread half filling over the bottom half, then sandwich the layers together.

Spread the remaining filling over the top.
Decorate & serve.

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