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Swiss Chocolate & Walnut Cake
Rich chocolate cake made with ground walnuts, baked in a 23 cm tin and topped with walnut halves, with a slightly fudgy middle. Keeps a week airtight and freezes well. For gluten-free, use GF flour and baking powder plus 1/2 tsp xanthan gum and 3 tbsp milk. Recipe by Debbie Major, Sainsbury's Magazine (sainsburysmagazine.co.uk/recipes/baking/swiss-chocolate-walnut-cake).
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Preheat the oven to 170°C (150°C fan, gas 3). Grease a 23 cm round cake tin and line the base and sides with baking paper.
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Break 100 gDark Chocolate into squares (70% cocoa works well) and put in a heatproof bowl set over a small pan of barely simmering water. Leave until melted, then let it cool slightly.
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Put 225 gWalnuts (walnut halves) in a food processor and whiz briefly until finely chopped. Add 75 gAll-Purpose Flour, 1 1/2 tspBaking Powder and 1/4 tspSalt (fine sea salt) and whiz briefly again until finely ground.
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In a large bowl, cream 225 gButter (soft) and 150 gGolden Caster Sugar together for 5 minutes until light and fluffy. Beat in 2 tspVanilla Extract (or vanilla bean paste), then beat in 3Egg (medium) one at a time, adding 1 tablespoon of the walnut and flour mixture with the second and third eggs.
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Fold in half of the remaining nut and flour mixture, then the cooled melted chocolate, followed by the rest of the nut and flour mixture.
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Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and level the surface. Arrange 50 gWalnuts (walnut halves) on top in concentric circles, working from the outer edge towards the centre.
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Bake for 45–55 minutes, until a skewer pushed into the centre comes out slightly sticky, as for a brownie. Once the top is nicely browned, cover it loosely with a double layer of foil for the rest of the baking time.
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Leave the cake to cool completely in the tin, then remove it from the tin and transfer to a cooling rack.
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Optional drizzle: melt 40 gMilk Chocolate the same way as the dark chocolate, then drizzle it over the cake with a teaspoon. Let it set before slicing.