Triple chocolate marble cake

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

275g salted butter 275g caster sugar 5 large eggs

275g self-raising flour 2 tbsp cocoa powder 2 tbsp water

To decorate

150g dark chocolate 120g butter

50g milk chocolate

For drizzling

white chocolate

Cooking time: 90 mins

METHOD

Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fan/ gas mark 4. Grease a 1.5l bundt tin and set aside.

Begin by making the cake. Combine the butter, sugar, eggs and flour in a large bowl and beat until smooth and blended.

Spoon out half the mixture into the cake tin, creating large dots of mixture rather than a smooth layer.

Mix the cocoa and water together in a small dish and add to the remaining mixture. Mix until smooth, then dot the mixture in the tin with the rest and swirl with the tip of a knife to create a marble effect.

Level the surface of the cake and bake in the oven for 40 -45 minutes, or until cooked through. Leave to cool in the tin for 30 minutes, then use a serrated knife to gently level the surface and turn out onto a plate.

While the cake is cooling, prepare the icing.

Melt the dark chocolate and 90g of the butter together in a bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water, stirring well until smooth and glossy.

Pour the melted dark chocolate over the cake, ensuring the top is evenly coated.

Leave to set a little while you melt the milk chocolate and remaining butter together in the same way.

Drizzle the melted milk chocolate over the top of the cake.

Use a vegetable peeler to shave off curls from a bar of white chocolate and scatter these over the top.

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