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How to Make chocolate ruffle cake

Woman spreading icing on a chocolate cake in a modern kitchen.

Stop serving a scoop of ice cream and put some effort into your next dessert dish! Steal this recipe from Sue McMahon, cookery editor at Woman's Weekly, for a delicious chocolate ruffle cake. To make this ruffle cake you will need about two-and-a-half hours and the following ingredients:

For the cake:

* 175g self-raising flour

* 100g cocoa powder

* Pinch bicarbonate of soda

* Pinch of salt

* 350g caster sugar

* 3 large eggs

* 175ml sunflower oil

* 175ml milk

For the ganache:

* 450ml (3/4pint) whipping cream

* 300g (10oz) dark chocolate, broken into pieces

* Few drops vanilla extract

For the decoration:

* Approx 100g carton chocolate vermicelli

* 2 x 200g bars dark chocolate

You will also need:

* 20cm (8in) round tin, lined with baking parchment

* granite or marble worksurface or board

* spatula, preferably crooked-handle

* paint-scraper (reserved for using with chocolate!)

* Chocolate thermometer

* Disposable gloves

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