Chocolate liquorice cake served with ice cream and berry compote

Hello July ! A month of birthdays in the family 🎉

Happy Birthday Akram 😘😘 (our amazing brother , don’t tell him haha )

Chocolate liquorice cake served with berry compote and icecream

Our brother has a very sweet tooth , he loves desserts so this one should be a winner for him (or we will be very upset 😅)

Ingredients:

• 100g dark chocolate

• 125g Unsalted butter

• 125g soft brown sugar

• 2 medium eggs

• 1 tsp Liquorice essence

• 125g self raising flour

• 25g cocoa powder

• 1/2 tsp baking powder

• Handful of mixed berries fresh or frozen

• 1/4 cup sugar

• Vanilla ice-cream to serve

• Edible Gold leaf for decoration (optional)

Method :

1. Preheat the oven to 180C . Line a baking tin.

2. Melt the chocolate over simmering water and leave it to cool slightly on the side .

3. Using a mixer and the paddle attachment or a hand whisk place the butter into the bowl and mix until soft . Add the sugar then whisk until light and fluffy .

4. Then add the eggs , one at a time making sure they are mixed in properly . Sift the flour , cocoa powder and baking powder into the mixture , then gently mix together until smooth . Add the liquorice essence then the melted chocolate. Make sure the cake mixture is mixed well .

5. Pour the mixture into the tin and bake for 40 minutes. Whilst baking we can make the berry compote.

6. Place the berries into a medium pan along with 2 tbsp of water and sugar. Bring to the simmer over a medium heat. It should be ready once the fruit has softened and the juice thicken slightly ( looks a bit syrup like). Set aside to cool.

7. Check the cake is ready buy inserting a toothpick , if it come up clean than it’s ready . Let it cool. Once cooked , break it up to serve with the ice-cream and berry compote . I wrapped some gold leaf around the piece of dark chocolate ( totally optional) . ENJOY ! XX