Chocolate Cake

You guys who have made this cake... a question.... Did you cook it in the 20cm tin (someone said that size was too small) AND did you TURN IT OVER onto a serving plate so the bottom was on the top??? As Neil has said to do?

It was my birthday yesterday and this was what I made to celebrate it. I made it with cognac instead of cointreau - delicious. My sons (7 and 10 yrs old) helped their dad to decorate it and "surprise" me with it. It's the nicest birthday I've had, even if I must say so myself.

Can anybody tell me if this cake will freeze?

I am making it this week and if it as it sounds will be having it on Xmas day, have some real chocoholics coming!

Wonderful taste and texture. Will make it most weekends. Grandpa to kids... everyone just loved it.

The best chocolate cake I have ever made.

a tip withyour cake tin!get a large piece of happy wrap and place that on a piece of foil of the same size. Place the tin on top and bring up all around the tin before putting in mixture and then place it into your bath.. sorry au bain marie...it is a good way to be safe incase your tin leaks...

Heaven on a plate. My two favourite ingredients combined. Chocolate and cream

WILL CERTINLY GIVE THIS RECIPE AGO.

ok. after the disaster that was my first bash, i gave this cake a second try (mostly to use up the rest of the contreau). It went much better since i didn't put the leaky tin into a bay maree. I like it better the next day rather than fresh. And i stand by my comment about the extra contreau.

Yummy and gluten free !!!

Neil Perry, your recipes are the best. I love looking at your recipes and getting ideas. So easy to make, so easy to follow. LOVE THEM ALL...... thankyou very much for all your recipes. The choclate cake is the easiest and best.

This recipe is horrible.... it was far too big for the pan and the heat specified above is too much, meaning the top of the cafe burnt but the bottom isn't cooked.

when you lot made this did it really dip in the centre?

I'm going to make this cake this weekend. Wonder what it will taste like with chilli in it! I LOVE chilli chocolate

I think it needs more cointreau. i put in 3 shot glasses to get a good flavour. nice cake although i have to say that my arm nearly fell off with all the whipping involved (lucky there was a punk drummer on hand with well developed forearm muscles to step in when mine was about to fall off) so i would not recommend making this unless you have an electric mixer. and with all the steps, you'd think that the pony tail could mention to check if the tin is water tight. or maybe i put too much trust in the german engineering of mine. Tres disappointed with the outcome of this! after all that whipping and waiting and waiting and turning the oven down and off and waiting, after my first taste all i could say was "THIS IS BULLSHIT" admitting however that i (or at least my 50 cent cake tin) was probably responsible for it going awry. i'll try it again and let you all know how it goes, and until then, will tape a little mantra to my oven door saying i AM the domestic goddess i always thought. Keep the faith. -- s.t.

Another great Neil Perry recipe. I made this today and it's almost all gone. Tastes like and has the texture of a souffle but a lot easier to make. Served with cream & raspberries and it was fantastic.

i made this cake today, it only lasted today with my family, thanking you for the GREAT recipe!

My god, that is positively sinful. A friend was telling me her sister made it last night, I just HAD to find the recipe. I'm drooling all over my keyboard.

Omg this is amazing. Best ever, worked a treat for valentines. Very easy to make

It sounds really yummy and no flour suits me, as I have an allergy to wheat. The real test will be if my family enjoys sharing this one with me.

It sounds gorgeous, I will be making it tonight for a morning tea treat to eat in the garden when we take a break from making our new chook pen.

This was the most delicious chocolate cook and so easy to cook