Rachel Allen's Best Ever Chocolate Cake

Ingredients:

Dark Chocolate - 125gm
Plain Flour - 200gm
Milk - 2Tbsp
Butter - 150gm
Castor Sugar - 150gm
Eggs - 3
BakingPowder - 1tsp
Baking Soda - 1\4tsp
Cocoa Powder - 1Tbsp

For the Chocolate Butter Icing:

Butter - 75gm
Cream -1Tbp
Cocoa - 1Tbsp
Icing Sugar - 175gm
Vanilla extract - 1tsp

Preparation:

•In a bowl mix the milk and chocolate and allow it to sit on top of the saucepan of simmering water. Heat until the chocolate is melted.
•Beat the butter until very soft then add the caster sugar and continue to beat until the mixture is light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then fold in the melted chocolate (do make sure the eggs and butter are at room temp otherwise it may curdle).
•Sift in the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and the bicarbonate of soda, and fold in gently to mix (Be sure you fold in the dry ingredients. DO NOT stir).
•Pop in oven which is at 180°C (350°F) and bake for 25mins.
•Remove the cake and allow to cool.
•For butter icing, beat the butter, cream and vanilla until it is soft. Sift in the icing sugar, cocoa powder and beat continously.
•Once it becomes light and fluffy, divide the cake and sandwitch with butter icing.
•Dust chocolate powder on top of the cake.