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Nigella's devil’s food cake
Tins, packets and jars
225g/8oz
plain flour
Cooking ingredients
50g/2oz best-quality
cocoa powder
, sifted
100g/4oz dark
muscovado sugar
150g/5oz
caster sugar
½ tsp
baking powder
½ tsp
bicarbonate of soda
2 tsp
vanilla extract
30g/1oz dark muscovado sugar
Biscuits, snacks and sweets
300g/10oz best-quality
dark chocolate
, finely chopped
Dairy, eggs and chilled
125g/4½oz soft unsalted
butter
, plus some for greasing
2 free-range
eggs
175g/6oz unsalted
butter
, cubed
Other
250ml/8fl oz boiling water
125ml/4fl oz water
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