Rich chocolate cakes - 9Kitchen

Ingredients

• 400g butter, chopped, plus extra for greasing tins
• 400g dark chocolate, chopped
• ½ cup berry or apricot jam
• 2 tsp instant coffee
• 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
• Zest of 1 orange
• 3 tsp orange juice
• 5 eggs
• 380g caster sugar
• 1½ cups self-raising flour, sifted
• 3 tbsp cocoa, sifted, plus extra for dusting
• Ganache (optional, see tip below)
• 250ml single pouring cream
• 300g dark chocolate, chopped
• Whipped cream or ice cream, to serve
• sharp knife
• sieve
• 6 x 12cm springform cake tins
• saucepan
• wooden spoon
• large mixing bowl
• electric beaters
• metal skewer
• wire rack