Special Chocolate Anniversary Cake Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 cups self-raising flour
• 1 ¼ cups plain flour
• 250 g butter, chopped and at room temperature
• ½ tsp bicarb
• 6 eggs
• ¾ cup baking cocoa
• 220 g dark baking chocolate, finely chopped
• 2 cups caster sugar
• 1 ¾ cups milk
• ½ cup thickened cream
• 2 tsp vanilla essence
• White pearls, to decorate