Basic Chocolate Cake

This cake is easy to bake, and everyone loves it. With a little frosting it can make for a very nice birthday cake especially if you top it with special cake toppers or edible image. Enjoy!

Ingredients

150g	dark chocolate coarsely chopped
150g	butter, cut to cubes
1 cup	white sugar
3	eggs
140g	self-raising flour, sifted
100g	chopped hazel nuts
160g	chocolate chips
24 cm round cake pan, oiled

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Melt the chocolate, butter and sugar in Bain-marie. Remove from heat. Add the eggs one by one, and beat well after each egg. 2. Add the nuts, chocolate chips and flour, and stir into a smooth mixture. 3. Pour the mixture into the pan and bake for about 40 minutes, until toothpick stuck in center of cake comes out with moist crumbs. Cool on a rack.