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Chocolate cakes with chilli chocolate sauce dark chocolate
Lesley Waters
by Lesley Waters
from Ready Steady Cook

Makes 6

Preparation time less than 30 mins

Cooking time 10 to 30 mins

Vegetarian Quick Recipe


Ingredients
For the cakes
25g/1oz cocoa
100g/3½oz self-raising flour
100g/3½oz butter
100g/3½oz caster sugar
2 free-range eggs
For the chilli chocolate sauce
55g/2oz dark chocolate
½ tsp chilli flakes
To serve
icing sugar
double cream


Method
1. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
2. Mix together the cake ingredients in a food processor and spoon even portions into a six-hole, non-stick muffin tin.
3. Place in the oven and bake for 10 minutes.
4. For the chocolate sauce, melt the chocolate and chilli flakes in a heat-proof bowl set over boiling water.
5. To serve, turn out the cakes onto plates and dust with icing sugar. Pour the chocolate sauce over each muffin and drizzle with cream.


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