Chocolate Cake

I was reminded of this cake recipe when thinking of my London cousins. They mentioned this cake when I visited in 2008. Must have been a good cake because I made it for them over 10 years ago! I hadn't baked it in quite a while so I thought it was the ideal recipe to test out my new flour sieve toy (thanks ebay).

Before I forget, congrats to J2 who aced his piano exams and shout outs to J1 for the entertaining photos on FB on college life in Cambridge. This one is for you.

200g dark cooking chocolate
1 tbsp instant coffee mixed in 1 tbsp hot water
200g butter
200g sugar
5 eggs
150g SR flour

Preheat oven to 170° C and grease and line a cake tin. Melt chocolate. The microwave always works well. Let the chocolate cool slightly. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy and beat in eggs. Add the coffee then chocolate. Sieve flour and fold into mixture. Pour into prepared tin and bake for 50-55 min.