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She said yes, apparently. Sarah & I made this wedding cake for our dear friends Andrew & Sally:

It’s 3 layers of solid chocolate mud cake. Covered in layers of chocolate icing. The chocolate decorations are moulding chocolate piped in a zig-zag pattern, then stuck to the sides with more chocolate. It feeds over 100 people and there was plenty to spare after the wedding.

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Ingredients:

• 250g butter
• 1.5c hot water
• 2c Castor sugar
• 1/4 c Cocoa
• 200g Dark cooking chocolate
• 1.5c Self raising flour
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• Vanilla essence

Method:
Melt butter, water & coffee in a pot.
Add chocolate and sugar.
Stir until smooth.
Cool
Gradually add sifted dry ingredients.
Add eggs and essence and beat well.
Pour into a greased, lined pan and bake at 180°c for approximately 1 hour or until knife comes out clean.