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Cakes :: Chocolate Celebration Cake

450gm plain flour
1 ½ cups dutch cocoa
½ tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
3 tsp baking soda
3 eggs
2 ½ cups caster sugar
1 cup oil
2 tso vanilla essence
Double shot short espresso
1 ½ tbsp white vinegar
2 cups water
Syrup
½ cup sugar
½ cup water
½ cup whisky or brandy
Ganache
250gm cream
350g dark chocolate

Sift flour, cocoa, salt, baking powder and soda together. Beat together eggs and sugar and then add oil, vanilla, espresso, vinegar and water and mix thoroughly. With an electric mixer, beat the dry mixture into the wet mixture until smooth. Spoon into a greased, lined 26cm cake tin and bake 180C for 1 ½ hours.

For the syrup: Place sugar, water and whisky or brandy into a saucepan. Heat gently until sugar is melted. Pour over hot cake as soon as it is pulled from the oven.

For the ganache: Put cream and chocolate into a microwave bowl and heat for 1 min, stir, then heat again for 1 min. Mix until well combined. Refrigerate.

When cake is cold, ice top and sides with ganache. Decorate as desired.

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