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Ingredients

For the cake

50g butter , plus extra for the tins

4 large egg

140g caster sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

100g plain flour

25g cocoa

½ tsp baking powder

For the filling

• 1 tbsp demerara sugar

• 75ml hot espresso or strong rich coffee

• 4 large egg olk

• 75g caster sugar

• 125ml marsala

• 200g white chocolate, half chopped, half grated

• 500g tub mascarpone

• 200g dark chocolate, grated

• 1 tbsp cocoa

Method

1! "or the cakes, heat oven to 1#0$% 1&0$ fan%gas 4! 'utter and line 2 x 20cm

sandwich tins! (elt the butter and allow to cool slightl ! )ut the eggs, sugar

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and vanilla into a bowl and whisk for about # mins or until the mixture is pale,thick and has trebled in volume!

2! *ift the flour, cocoa, baking powder and a pinch of salt over the egg mixture,then gentl fold together! )our the cooled butter around the edge of the bowl

and fold in until full incorporated! +ivide the batter between the prepared tinsand bake for 10 12 mins or until a skewer inserted into the middle of the cakescomes out clean! -llow to cool in the tins for a few mins, then transfer to awire rack to cool completel !

.! (eanwhile, make the filling! +issolve the sugar in the coffee and set aside!)ut the egg olks, sugar and (arsala into a heatproof bowl, then set over alarge pan of simmering water! /hisk for 5 mins until the mixture is thick andhas trebled in volume make sure the mixture is reall thick! emove fromthe heat and take the bowl off the pan! eep whisking until the mixture iscool!

4! (elt the chopped white chocolate in the microwave on 3ow and allow to coolslightl ! (eanwhile, beat the mascarpone until smooth, then fold into the eggmixture with the cooled white chocolate!

5! *lice the cakes in half hori ontall ! )lace one la er in the bottom of a 20cmspringform tin! 'rush with the coffee s rup and spread with . tbsp of themascarpone mixture! *catter with 1 tbsp grated dark chocolate, then repeatuntil ou end with the fourth la er of cake! $over with cling film and chill forat least 2 hrs along with the remaining mascarpone mixture!

&! emove the tin and put the cake on a serving plate, then cover with theremaining mascarpone mixture! (ix the remaining dark chocolate with thegrated white chocolate and press carefull onto the sides of the cake! +ust thetop with cocoa!