Rich, festive and tangy, this chocolate cake is the key to a berry Christmas. It makes two layers of rich dark chocolate cake flecked with orange zest and the spices you'd expect to taste in your glass of mulled wine. This recipe makes a vegan and gluten-free cake – for no other reason than this is how it tastes best. If you don't need the cake to be vegan, you can use regular milk in the cake, and regular butter in the icing. For depth of flavour, it's very important to use the best dutch process cocoa powder and 70 per cent dark chocolate you can get your hands on.

Source: Stuff December 21, 2019 15:56 UTC