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20 minutes

Afternoon tea

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1 hour

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30 minutes

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Chocolate mousse breakfast dessert

Afternoon tea

Gooey chocolate cherry cake

40 minutes

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20 minutes

Afternoon tea

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30 minutes

Afternoon tea

Chocolate torte with berries and whipped cream

25 minutes

Chocolate recipes

Créme brûleé doughnuts

20 minutes

Afternoon tea

Saadiyah’s chocolate cake

25–30 minutes

Cake recipes

Classic chocolate cake

50 minutes

Classic chocolate cake

Serves 12

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cooking Time 50 minutes

Ingredients

225 g cake flour
325 g caster sugar
115 g cocoa powder
2 t bicarbonate of soda
1 t baking powder
1 t salt
2 free-range eggs
1⁄2 cup buttermilk
1⁄4 cup vegetable oil
1⁄2 cup water
2 t vanilla extract
100 g Woolworths 70% dark chocolate drops, melted
100 g Woolworths milk chocolate drops, melted
100 g Woolworths white chocolate drops, melted

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 170°C. Grease and line a 23 cm springform baking tin with baking paper.

2. Sift all the dry ingredients into the bowl of a stand mixer. Whisk together all the wet ingredients and slowly add to the dry mixture while beating at a low speed until smooth.

3. Pour the batter into the cake tin and bake for 35 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean. Cool in the tin, then remove. Just before serving, drizzle with the melted chocolate.

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Photography: Jan Ras
Food assistants: Emma Nkunzana & Cheri Kustner

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