A Plate of Soil with Engine Oil

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A Plate of Soil with Engine Oil

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Ingredients

170g plain flour
150g soft brown sugar
50g cocoa powder
150ml milk
50g butter, melted
100g dark chocolate
55g soft brown sugar
400ml hot milk cream
You will also need:
1kg loaf tin
mixing bowl
shallow roasting tin
deep serving dish

Serves: 6 Preparation: 15 Cook Time: 75 Total Time: 90min

Directions

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Grease the loaf tin.
Preheat the oven to //gas mark
Mix the flour and the first amount of sugar () with half the cocoa powder.
Beat in the milk and melted butter.
Break the chocolate into rough pieces and stir into the mixture.
Pour into the loaf tin.
Sprinkle the second amount of sugar (g) and the other half of the cocoa powder over the mixture.
Pour hot milk over it, place the loaf tin in a shallow roasting tin and bake for hour minutes. It is ready when the top feels crusty.
Carefully turn the whole thing out into a deep serving dish and eat it with cream while still hot.
NB. You can replace the dark chocolate with white chocolate if you prefer, or do a mixture of the two.