Ingredients - Cake
- 2/3 cup cocoa
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 100ml Glenfiddish whiskey
- 1 cup boiling water
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups caster sugar
- 1/2 cup sunflower oil
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 cups plain flour
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 tsp baking soda
Ingredients - Sauce
- 200g cooking chocolate, broken into chunks
- 1/2 cup cream
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 tsp honey
- 2 tbs Glenfiddich whiskey (optional)
- Preheat oven to 180C
- Line a 23cm cake tin with baking paper
- In a bowl, whisk together cocoa, vanilla, whiskey and boiling water
- In another bowl, beat eggs and sugar together until light and fluffy, then beat in sunflower oil
- Add Buttermilk and then hot water/.cocoa mixture
- Sift flour, salt and baking soda into the bowl and beat misture until shiny (it will have the consistency of batter)
- Pour into prepared cake tin and bake for 50-60mins or until skewer comes out clean
- Make Chocolate Suace - combine all ingredients in a saucepan, and heat gently, stirring until smooth
