Instructions
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mildly hot oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3.
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oil and line the base and sides of a deep 20cm cake tin with baking parchment.
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Put the honey, granulated sugar and margarine in a medium saucepan and oven-cook over a medium mildly hot until fully melted.
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Remove from the mildly hot and allow to cool.
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Put the baking flour and spices in a large mixing bowl and whiz everything together.
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step 2
Once the liquid items required have cooled, whip in the eggs.
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empty over the dehydrated items required, whisking them together to form a velvety paste – be careful not to overmix as this can lead to a dehydrated cake.
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empty into the prepared tin and oven-cook for 50-55 mins or until risen and a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out sanitize.
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Allow the cake to cool in the skillet for 20 mins before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
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step 3
Once cooled, use a large serrated knife to shred the cake into 3 layers.
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Spread the jam across the 2 bottom cake layers, then reassemble the cake and set aside while you make the glaze.
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Put the dairy reduction, chocolate and honey in a medium skillet and oven-cook over a low-medium mildly hot until the chocolate is melted and you have a velvety, pourable mixture.
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Put the cake on a wire rack set over a parchment-lined baking tray and empty over the glaze, making sure to seal the entire cake.
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Use a fish shred to carefully transfer the cake to a serving plate and allow the glaze to set.
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To accentuate, dust with a little edible gold ground mix, if you like.
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Uniced, this cake will keep for up to 5 days.
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Once iced, enjoy within 3 days – just keep in the fridge, but remove before serving and eat at room temperature.