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    Kitchen garden cook Chestnuts

    Jan 02, 2020 1 minute
    by Melanie Johnson

    Chocolate and chestnut cake with meringue

    Serves 6

    Ingredients

    For the chestnut purée

    200g cooked chestnuts
    75g caster sugar
    50ml single cream

    For the chocolate cake

    110g self-raising flour75g cocoa powder2 eggs150g caster sugar1tspn vanilla essence75ml vegetable oil125ml buttermilk125ml hot instant coffee

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