Death by chocolate recipe

Sally Morgan aimed to dispatch a few of her guests with a seriously rich chocolate dessert on the Come Dine With Me Halloween Special

Serves 4

Ingredients

200g milk chocolate
Small bowl filled with amaretto
Small bowl of crushed almonds
Chocolate ice cream, to serve

For the cake

110g butter
110g caster sugar
3 large eggs
110g self-raising flour
1 tbsp cocoa powder

Method

Preheat the oven to 170°C/gas mark 3. In a large bowl beat together the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Beat in the eggs a little at a time, then sieve in the flour and cocoa powder and gently fold together.
Pour the mixture into a greased and lined cake tin and bake for 25 minutes until springy to the touch. Allow the cake to cool completely on a wire rack once cooked.
While the cake is cooling, melt the chocolate in a bowl set over a pan of just simmering water.
Cut the cooled cake into cubes then soak each piece in amaretto. Roll in crushed almonds and place on a baking sheet. Drizzle the melted chocolate over the cake cubes then chill until firm.
Place the cake cubes in the bottom of 4 sundae glasses and scoop the ice cream on top.

Please note this recipe is the contestant's own and has not been tested professionally. Like the Come Dine With Me contestants, you could be creating a culinary delight or dining disaster, so switch on your ovens and be bold.