Ultimate one-bowl chocolate dessert cake

Our lovely Canadian intern celebrated her birthday this week - when asked what type of cake she would like, she said with a smile, chocolate! Not having made a chocolate cake for an eternity, this sent me scurrying to my default cooking guru - Donna Hay - and she did not fail me. There, in all its print glory, sat the recipe that was designed for me - a one-bowl recipe (bargin, reduced washing up!) that could be altered to cater for the gluten free kids at work. Sounded great to me! I braved the chocolate isle at Coles and found some good quality chocolate (as everyone knows that your recipe is only as good as your raw ingredients) and then I set to work.

I made it in one bowl, but had to 'dirty' a saucepan to melt the chocolate. I"ll forgive Donna this one, it didn't really add much to my washing up :-) Now, if someone could make a one spoon dish.....

This cake looked really good - gooey, moist and of course, chocolatey! Definitely worth a shot if you want a quick, easy, tasty, moist chocolate cake. Thanks Donna!

Most importantly, Happy Birthday C, hope you had a fabulous day, despite being at work. And hope  you enjoyed the chocolate cake for breakfast :-)

Donna Hay's ultimate one-bowl chocolate dessert cake

Ingredients

125g butter, chopped
375g dark chocolate, chopped
1 cup brown sugar (175g)
1/4 cup (35g) plain flour (I used gluten free)
2 tablespoons milk
1 cup almond meal (120g)
5 eggs
Topping - cocoa, crumbled twirls, icing sugar, melted chocolate etc etc

Preheat oven to 170 degrees C
Melt butter and chocolate together in a bowl (either in the microwave...beware burning the chocolate...or over a saucepan of simmering water)
Add sugar, flour, almond meal and milk  and mix to combine
Add the eggs and mix well
Pour into a cake tin (22cm springform, or I just used my bundt tin)
Cover the tin with aluminium foil and bake for 40 minutes
Uncover and cool in the tin
Serves 10 (apparently)

(I cooked mine for 60 minutes at 180 degrees but then my oven may be special. Basically cook until the skewer comes out clean).

Bon appetit!

xxx