Gino D'Acampo's Chestnut and Chocolate Cake
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Ingredients
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil for greasing
- 250g plain flour
- 120g good-quality cocoa powder plus extra for dusting
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 230g caster sugar
- pinch of salt
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 260g chestnut puree
- 2 eggs
- 230ml skimmed milk
- 230ml cold strong coffee preferably espresso
Accompaniment
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Method
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Grease a 22cm-23cm cake tin with the oil (using a loose-based cake tin will make your life easier) and preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.
Sift the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda into a large bowl. Add the sugar, salt, vanilla extract, chestnut purée and eggs. Pour in the milk and mix until well combined. Lastly, mix in the coffee.
Pour the mixture into the cake tin and bake in the middle of the oven for about 45 minutes. To check the cake is cooked, insert a skewer at the centre: it should come out clean.
Leave the cake to rest for 5 minutes before turning out on to a large serving plate. Dust the top with cocoa powder and cut into 16 wedges before serving
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