Lauren'S Favourite Chocolate Cake

• 250g/9oz bittersweet chocolate
• 225g/8oz/1cp unsalted butter
• 90g/3.5oz/1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 30ml/2 tbsp orange brandy
• 5 eggs
• 15ml/1tbsp plain (all purpose) flour (use rice flour to make gluten free)
• icing sugar for dusting
• whipped cream or sour cream to serve

1. Preheat oven to 350F/180C
2. Generously grease 9 inch round cake pan lining bottom with parchment paper.
3. in a double boiler, melt chocolate, butter and sugar. Remove from heat and stir in brandy.
4. Beat the eggs lightly for 1 minute. Beat in the flour and then the chocolate mixture.
5. Pour into tin.
6. Place tin in larger pan in a roasting pan with water going 2cm/3/4in up the side of the cake plan.
7. Bake for 25-30 minutes until the edge of the cake is set. The centre will still be soft.
8. Remove cake to a cooking rack.
9. Turn the cake to a cooling rack. Dust with icing sugar.
10. Place on a plat and serve with whipped or sour cream.

bittersweet chocolate, unsalted butter, granulated sugar, orange brandy, eggs, flour, icing sugar, whipped cream

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/laurens-favourite-chocolate-cake-58387413 (may not work)